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USA TODAY: Obama Says Plan Will Save Teachers' Jobs
President Obama again urged Congress to pass his jobs bill Saturday, this time with an emphasis on teachers.
"Since 2009, we've lost more than 300,000 education jobs, in part because of budget cuts at the state and local level," Obama said during his weekly radio address.
In the 11 months since Obama proposed his jobs bill, congressional Republicans have said the plan would be ineffective while adding to the national debt.
Obama said Republicans are pushing a budget that would cut education while giving tax breaks to the wealthy when the USA faces intense global competition for high-skill jobs.
Education cuts are "the opposite of what we should be doing as a country," Obama said. "States should be making education a priority in their budgets, even in tough fiscal times. And Congress should be willing to help out -- because this affects all of us."
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