Hello --
Today, I met a woman named Lyn Lyon. She's a senior citizen from Virginia, and we invited her to the White House because she wrote in to explain why it is so important for all of us to make sure that taxes don't go up on the middle class.
"Let's show the rest of the world we are adults," she said. "Living in a democracy, we can solve our problems by working together."
All of us here in Washington have a little more than a month to find the kind of solution that Lyn describes. If Congress does nothing, every family in America will see their taxes automatically go up at the beginning of next year. A typical middle-class family of four would see its taxes rise by $2,200. That means less money to buy groceries or fill a prescription. It means a tougher choice between paying the rent and paying tuition.
So right now, I'm asking you to join Lyn and thousands of other Americans who are speaking out. Add your voice to this debate, and I'll ask Congress to listen to the people who sent us here to serve.
Tell us why you think it's important to keep taxes from going up on the middle class.
A year ago, during our last fight to protect middle-class families, tens of thousands of working Americans took action. They wrote in to us, and we put their stories on the front page of the White House website. They called, tweeted, and brought in their friends on Facebook -- and sure enough, it worked. Congress listened.
The same thing happened earlier this year, when college students across the country stood up and demanded that Congress keep rates low on student loans. Lawmakers got that message loud and clear.
When enough people get involved, we have a pretty good track record. And that’s important, because this is our biggest challenge yet -- and it's one we can only meet together. I'm going to do my part -- not just by sitting down with CEOs, labor leaders, and leaders in Congress -- but by taking this to the American people.
I'll go anywhere and do anything it takes until we get this done. But I can't do it alone.
So I'm asking you to join me -- and folks like Lyn. Add your voice to ours, and share your story. Because this debate is too important for Washington to get it wrong.
Will you tell us what $2,000 means to you?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/my2k
Thanks,
President Obama
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Hello -
Leo, nilikutana na mwanamke mmoja aitwaye Lyn Lyon. Yeye ni raia mwandamizi kutoka Virginia, na sisi walioalikwa yake White House kwa sababu yeye aliandika katika kueleza kwa nini ni muhimu kwetu sote kuhakikisha kuwa kodi wasiokwea juu ya tabaka la kati.
"Hebu kuonyesha mapumziko ya dunia sisi ni watu wazima," alisema. "Kuishi katika demokrasia, tunaweza kutatua matatizo yetu kwa kufanya kazi kwa pamoja."
Wote sisi hapa katika Washington kuwa kidogo zaidi ya mwezi mmoja ili kupata aina ya ufumbuzi kwamba Lyn inaeleza. Kama Congress haina chochote, kila familia katika Amerika utaona kodi zao moja kwa moja kwenda juu katika mwanzo wa mwaka ujao. typical darasa kati ya familia ya nne kuona kodi yake kupanda kwa $ 2200. Hiyo ina maana chini ya fedha ya kununua mboga au kujaza dawa. Ina maana uchaguzi kali kati ya kulipa kodi na kulipa ada.
Hivyo sasa hivi, Mimi nauliza wewe kujiunga na Lyn na maelfu ya Wamarekani wengine ambao ni kuzungumza nje. Kuongeza sauti yako kwa mjadala huu, na mimi itabidi kuuliza Congress kusikiliza watu ambao alimtuma sisi hapa kuwatumikia.
Tueleze nini unafikiri ni muhimu kuweka kodi kutoka kwenda kwenye tabaka la kati.
mwaka mmoja uliopita, wakati wa mapambano yetu ya mwisho kulinda familia darasa kati, makumi ya maelfu ya Wamarekani kazi alichukua hatua. Waliandika katika kwetu, na sisi kuweka hadithi zao kwenye ukurasa wa mbele wa tovuti ya White House. Waliita, tweeted, na kuletwa katika marafiki zao katika Picha - na uhakika wa kutosha, ni kazi. Congress kusikiliza.
kitu kimoja kilichotokea mapema mwaka huu, wakati wanafunzi wa chuo katika nchi nzima alisimama na kudai kwamba Congress kuweka viwango vya chini juu ya mikopo ya wanafunzi. Wabunge got ujumbe kwamba kubwa na ya wazi.
Wakati watu wa kutosha kushiriki, tuna pretty rikodi nzuri. Na kwamba ni muhimu, kwa sababu hii ni changamoto yetu kubwa bado - na ni moja tu tunaweza kukutana pamoja. Mimi naenda kufanya sehemu yangu - si tu kwa kukaa chini na CEO, viongozi wafanyakazi, na viongozi katika Congress - lakini kwa kuchukua hii kwa watu wa Marekani.
Nitakwenda mahali popote na kufanya chochote inachukua mpaka sisi kupata hii kufanyika. Lakini siwezi kufanya hivyo peke yake.
Hivyo nina kuuliza wewe kujiunga na mimi - na folks kama Lyn. Kuongeza sauti yako kwa sisi, na kisa chako. Kwa sababu mjadala huu ni muhimu sana kwa Washington kupata ni makosa.
Je, unaweza kutuambia nini $ 2,000 ina maana gani?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/my2k
Shukrani,
Rais Obama
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