总统连任非易事，财政问题先解决(1/2)

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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。
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Barack Obama
White House
Republican
John Boehner(他的职位首字母记得大写)
最后半秒没读完整的是"us"
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/693100/Fresh from his election victory, President Barack Obama sounded conciliatory Friday, inviting congressional and business leaders to the White House next week to begin discussions on a deficit reduction plan. The president said he's open to all ideas, but pushed back against any plan that relies solely on spending cuts to reduce the nation's debt.
"We can't just cut our way to prosperity. If we're serious about reducing the deficit, we have to combine spending cuts with revenue, and that means asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more in taxes."
Republicans say tax hikes on the wealthy would result in massive job losses.
Speaking an hour before the president, House Speaker John Boehner said he would support some revenue increases as part of overall tax reforms. But the Republican congressional leader wants to extend the deadline for negotiations to work out differences.
"2013 should be the year we begin to solve our debt through tax reform and entitlement reform, and I'm proposing we avert the fiscal cliff together in a manner that insures that 2013 is finally the year that our government comes to grips with the major problems that are facing us."刚刚赢得美国总统大选的奥巴马在周五显得格外镇静。他将在下周邀请国会以及商界领袖来到白宫，与之商议赤字削减计划。奥巴马说他乐于聆听来自各方的声音，但是坚决否定单纯地依靠减少开支来削减国债的作法。
“我们不能一味地靠减少开支来拯救经济。如果我们真的想要降低赤字，我们必须将减少开支与国家税收结合起来，也就是说让最富有的美国人多缴一些税。”
共和党人说让富人多缴税很可能会导致大批人失业。
议院议长约翰.博纳比总统奥巴马早一小时发表讲话。他说他支持一定程度上提高税收，并且指出赋税增加是整个税制改革的一部分。而且这位共和党国会领袖还想要延长协商的日程，以便于消除分歧。
他说：“2013年应该是我们通过税制改革和福利改革开始解决债务问题的一年。我提议我们应该找到方法以避免财政悬崖带来的危机。而这种方法必须要保证我们在2013年能够好好解决目前面临的问题。”