总统连任非易事，财政问题先解决(2/2)
概述：奥巴马获得竞选连任后，要面对眼前的挑战“财政悬崖”，如果这一问题处理不当并引发政府削减开支和提高税收以削减联邦预算赤字，那么美国的经济有可能重新陷入衰退。Hints:
Obama
Congressional Budget Office
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/693626/http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201211/201211151010092922782.mp3Automatic tax increases and drastic cuts to defense and domestic spending kick in January 1st, unless Congress is able to craft a plan to reduce the nation's nearly 16-trillion-dollar debt.
After campaigning for months on allowing tax cuts to expire only for wealthy Americans, President Obama said the time for "drama and negotiations" is over. "Nobody, not Republicans, not Democrats want taxes to go up for folks making under $250,000 a year. So let's not wait. Even as we're negotiating a broader deficit reduction package, let's extend the middle class tax cuts right now, let's do that right now."
Uncertainty over the U.S. fiscal crisis has roiled financial markets for weeks. The Congressional Budget Office says the combination of higher taxes and reduced spending could cut the deficit in half. But it would also push the world's largest economy into a recession, cost millions of jobs and threaten economic growth in other countries.除非国会能够制定出一个减少国家近16万亿美元的债务的计划，否则在2013年1月1日起将自动增加税收,大幅削减国防和国内支出。
在发起一项关于终止只针对美国富人减税政策的数月后,奥巴马总统称“戏剧和谈判”的时代已经结束。“没有人,无论是共和党人还是民主党人，希望那些年收入低于250000美元的人的税收上涨。所以让我们不要等待。即使当我们在协商一个更具影响力的赤字削减方案时，也要马上增加中产阶级减税力度，让我们现在行动起来。”
美国财政危机的不确定性已导致接连几周的金融市场动荡。国会预算办公室称更高的税收和减少开支的混合方案可能会削减一半赤字。但它也将促使世界上最大的经济体陷入衰退,牺牲数百万就业机会并威胁其他国家的经济增长。
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