Obama’s Remarks on the Economy in Ohio

The prepared remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama in Bedford Heights, Ohio at an economic town hall-style event. I want to start by thanking the folks here at Cardinal Fastener for the tour you just gave me. The story of this company – which began building wind turbine parts just two years ago, and is now poised to make half its earnings that way – is that a renewable energy economy isn’t some pie-in-the-sky, far-off future. It’s happening all across America right now. It’s providing alternatives to foreign oil now. It can create millions of additional jobs and entire new industries if we act right now. The need for this action has never been more urgent. We’ve started this year in the midst of a crisis unlike any we’ve seen in our lifetime. Last month, we lost more than half a million jobs – a total of nearly 2.6 million in 2008. Another 3.4 million people who want and need full-time work have had to settle for part-time jobs. With each passing day, families here in Ohio and ... (link)