Weekly Address: “We Can Live Within Our Means and Live Up to the Values We Share as Americans”
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Obama said that to restore fiscal responsibility, we all need to share in the sacrifice – but we don’t have to sacrifice the America we believe in. Earlier this week, the President proposed a balanced approach to cut the deficit, which matches the $4 trillion in deficit reduction put forward by House Republicans’ plan. The President’s proposal does this by combing the entire budget for savings and asking everyone to do their part. The Republican plan, though, would end Medicare as we know it and make drastic cuts to education, infrastructure and clean energy, while giving away $1 trillion in tax breaks to the wealthiest two percent.
The audio of the address is and video of the address will be available online at www.whitehouse.gov at 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Remarks of President Barack Obama
As Prepared for Delivery
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Washington, DC
This week, I laid out my plan for our fiscal future. It’s a balanced plan that reduces spending and brings down