支持奥巴马的市长帕洛斯基(Ed Pawlowski)说,在他看到经济回暖的迹象时,不明朗的状态抑制了增长和招聘,这让他很苦恼。他说,“从全球形势来看,肯定是乌云密布,但并不意味着乌云正向我们袭来;我们不能把所有时间都花在盯着天空看。”
Thomas Ritter, 43, is a licensed plumber who had flourished in a family business with his father in the 2000s, equipping new homes with pipes, sinks, tubs and toilets. Business started fading in 2008. By 2009, it all but disappeared. Mr. Ritter, a father of four, started missing mortgage payments.
43岁的瑞特尔(Thomas Ritter)是一名持证水管工,他与父亲合作的家庭生意在2000年代发展得很不错,专门为新居安装水管、水槽、浴盆和马桶。生意从2008年开始下滑,到2009年差不多就彻底没有了。身为四个孩子父亲的瑞特尔开始还不起抵押贷款了。
'It got scary there,' he said. 'I had a decision at the end of the month: Am I going to send a check to Blue Cross or am I going to pay the mortgage?'
他说,“形势变得很可怕;月底我得做一个决定:我是要给蓝十字保险公司(Blue Cross)寄一张支票呢,还是还房贷?”
In 2009, he started driving a school bus and delivering firetrucks for a local manufacturer to cities across the U.S.
2009年,他开始当校车司机并为一家当地制造商向美国各城市运送消防车。
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