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- U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the steps he is taking to improve competition in the cable television industry and the American economy in general. Obama says that people have not yet gotten over the "trauma" of the Great Recession even as the economy snaps back, discusses steps he has taken to prevent corporate tax inversion and monopolies and argues for helping consumers with loans and mortgages, changing the tax code to help working people and making sure that the wealthy pay their fair share. Obama is interviewed by Nicole Sinclair for Yahoo.com Finance.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ken Germanson, Allied Industrial Workers international union staff member, AIW newspaper editor, and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), talks with Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Germanson and Revitte talk about the AIW corruption scandal, why the AIW union headquarters was moved back to Milwaukee from Los Angeles, AIW leadership, AIW education efforts, comparative bargaining efforts among varied international unions and locals, and the problem in trying to hang on to contract gains as plants closed and moved. Part 7 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks about the economy and corporate taxes during the daily White House press briefing. Obama describes the most recent jobs report as positive then talks about the Treasury Department's release the previous day of new guidelines intended to reduce corporate tax inversions, a tax avoidance strategy. Obama says Americans end up paying the tab when companies do that and Congress needs to act in order to totally eliminate inversions. He also discusses the release of the "Panama Papers", 11 million pages of financial documents showing the extent of off-shore accounts used by by the rich and powerful around the world. Obama advocates reform of the tax code as a way to address tax avoidance. He responds to questions from the media.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama declares himself a "warrior for the middle class," during a speech on the American Jobs Act at the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio. Obama talks about tax breaks for wage earners, raising taxes on millionaires, and closing tax loopholes for corporations.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-09-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a program entitled "Your governor'" Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams argues for an appropriation from the state's General Fund and a tax on corporations to fund road building and maintenance across the state. Williams laments the terrible condition of Michigan roads and says that a proposed gas tax hike would be too little too late and another terrible burden for the average consumer to bear. The governor instead proposes borrowing from the General Fund to finance the Highway Department's building fund and supplementing those dollars with a tax on corporations.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-03-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama introduces his to-do list for Congress, a list of initiatives which he asserts will create jobs and help the middle class. Obama calls on Congress to take action on the list's first item by passing legislation that rewards companies who bring jobs back to American with lower taxes and pays for the tax breaks by eliminating tax incentives to companies which ship jobs overseas. Obama acknowledges the number of high-tech firms operating in upstate New York and declares that the private sector must create jobs. Obama speaks at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany-SUNY.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama addresses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at their headquarters in Washington D.C. Obama talks about realigning the federal government, cutting federal expenditures, changing the corporate tax structure, pursuing infrastructure improvements, and opening foreign markets for exports. The President reflects on regulations from past decades that were heavily criticized by the Chamber and says that current regulations have had a profound effect on American businesses.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama begins a Twitter Town Hall meeting by sending out this tweet: "In order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep?" The meeting is moderated by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Obama jokes that it was the first live tweet sent by a sitting president. Obama responds to selected questions that are representative of the most popular topics submitted online, which include education, foreign aid, the deficit, jobs and the economy. Obama says his administration has done much to help students afford college and help older workers return to school to upgrade skills. He explains the debt ceiling and the effect on the economy of not raising it. Obama also talks about tax cuts and tax subsidies to oil and agri-business. Held in the East Room of the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. He recounts the accomplishments of the previous year including the death of Osama bin Ladin and the end of combat in Iraq. Obama says, "We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules." He promises to continue fighting against the polices that brought on the 2008 economic crisis and proposes lowering taxes on companies that choose to stay in the U.S. and to cease rewarding companies that move operations and assets off shore. He also talks about immigration, education, energy, tax policy, the deficit, campaign financing and lobbying, the Afghan War, and revolution throughout the Middle East.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama introduces his to-do list for Congress, a list of initiatives which he asserts will create jobs and help the middle class. Obama calls on Congress to take action on the list's first item by passing legislation that rewards companies who bring jobs back to American with lower taxes and pays for the tax breaks by eliminating tax incentives to companies which ship jobs overseas. Obama acknowledges the number of high-tech firms operating in upstate New York and declares that the private sector must create jobs. Obama speaks at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany-SUNY.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection