OPTIMISM AND LIFTING OUR CITIZENS OF EVERY RACE, COLOR,
RELIGION AND CREED VERY, VERY
HIGH.
HIGH. SINCE MY ELECTION, WE HAVE
CREATED 7 MILLION NEW JOBS, 5
MILLION MORE THAN GOVERNMENT
EXPERTS PROJECTED DURING THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. [ APPLAUSE ]
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE
LOWEST IN OVER HALF A CENTURY.
AND VERY INCREDIBLY, THE AVERAGE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDER MY
ADMINISTRATION IS LOWER THAN ANY
ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY. IF WE HADN’T REVERSED THE FAILED
ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE
WORLD WOULD NOT NOW BE
WITNESSING THIS GREAT ECONOMIC
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANIC-AMERICANS, AND
HISPANIC-AMERICANS, AND ASIAN-AMERICANS HAS REACHED THE
LOWEST LEVELS IN HISTORY.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED AN
ALL-TIME LOW.
ALL-TIME LOW. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POVERTY HAS
DECLINED TO THE LOWEST RATE EVER
RECORDED.
RECORDED. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WOMEN
REACHED THE LOWEST LEVEL IN
ALMOST 70 YEARS, AND LAST YEAR,
WOMEN FILLED 72% OF ALL NEW JOBS
ADDED.
ADDED. THE VETERANS’ UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
DROPPED TO A RECORD LOW.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
DISABLED AMERICANS HAS REACHED
AN ALL-TIME LOW.
WORKERS WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA HAVE ACHIEVED THE LOWEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RECORDED IN
U.S. HISTORY.
U.S. HISTORY. A RECORD NUMBER OF YOUNG
AMERICANS ARE NOW EMPLOYED.
UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION,
MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE WERE
ADDED TO THE FOOD STAMP ROLLS.
UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION, 7
MILLION AMERICANS HAVE COME OFF
FOOD STAMPS, AND 10 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIFTED OFF OF
WELFARE.
WELFARE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IN EIGHT YEARS UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, OVER 300,000
WORKING-AGE PEOPLE DROPPED OUT
OF THE WORKFORCE.
IN JUST THREE YEARS OF MY