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Making these reforms doesn’t require any radical steps. What it does require is common sense and compromise. There are plenty of good ideas about how to achieve long-term deficit reduction that doesn’t hamper economic growth right now. Republicans and Democrats on the bipartisan fiscal commission that I set up put forth good proposals. Republicans and Democrats in the Senate’s Gang of Six came up with some good proposals. John Boehner and I came up with some good proposals when we came close to agreeing on a grand bargain.
进行这些改革不要求采取任何激进的步骤。所要求的是常识和妥协。对于如何在不妨碍目前经济增长的情况下长期降低赤字的问题，有很多好的设想。我建立的两党财政委员会的共和党人和民主党人提出了良好的建议。参议院“六人帮”的共和党人和民主党人提出了一些良好的建议。在我们接近达成重大协议时，约翰·博纳和我提出了一些良好的建议。
So it’s not a lack of plans or policies that’s the problem here. It’s a lack of political will in Washington. It’s the insistence on drawing lines in the sand, a refusal to put what’s best for the country ahead of self-interest or party or ideology. And that’s what we need to change.
所以这里的问题不是因为没有计划和政策，而是因为华盛顿缺乏政治意愿，是因为坚持以人为的方式画地为牢，拒绝把国家最高利益置于自身利益或政党或意识形态之上。这就是我们需要改变的。
I realize that after what we just went through, there’s some skepticism that Republicans and Democrats on the so-called super committee, this joint committee that’s been set up, will be able to reach a compromise, but my hope is that Friday’s news will give us a renewed sense of urgency. I intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks on how we should proceed. And that committee will have this administration’s full cooperation. And I assure you, we will stay on it until we get the job done.
我认识到，在我们刚刚经历了这些事态之后，有些人怀疑，在这个所谓的超级委员会里，成立这个联合委员会，共和党人和民主党人能否达成妥协。但我的希望是，周五的新闻将给我们一种新的紧迫感。我打算在未来几周内，对我们应该如何推进提出我自己的建议。委员会将得到本届政府的充分合作。我向你们保证，我们会坚持不懈，直到这项工作完成。
Of course, as worrisome as the issues of debt and deficits may be, the most immediate concern of most Americans, and of concern to the marketplace as well, is the issue of jobs and the slow pace of recovery coming out of the worst recession in our lifetimes.
当然，尽管债务和赤字问题令人担忧，大多数美国人最直接的忧虑??，也是市场的忧虑，是就业问题和我们有生以来最严重的经济衰退复苏缓慢。
And the good news here is that by coming together to deal with the long-term debt challenge, we would have more room to implement key proposals that can get the economy to grow faster. Specifically, we should extend the payroll tax cut as soon as possible, so that workers have more money in their paychecks next year and businesses have more customers next year.
其中的好消息是，通过我们共同应对长期债务的挑战，我们将有更大的空间实施可加速经济增长的重大建议。具体来说，我们应尽快延长工资所得税减税措施，明年员工的工资支票上就能有更多的钱，明年工商业也能得到更多的顾客。
We should continue to make sure that if you’re one of the millions of Americans who’s out there looking for a job, you can get the unemployment insurance that your tax dollars contributed to. That will also put money in people’s pockets and more customers in stores.
我们应该继续保证，如果你是数以百万计到处寻找工作的美国人中的一员，你可以得到你用税款缴纳的失业保险。这也会让人们的口袋里有钱，使更多的顾客走进商店。
In fact, if Congress fails to extend the payroll tax cut and the unemployment insurance benefits that I’ve called for, it could mean 1 million fewer jobs and half a percent less growth. This is something we can do immediately, something we can do as soon as Congress gets back.
事实上，如果国会不延长我呼吁的工资所得税减税措施和失业保险福利，那可能意味着丧失1百万个就业机会和半个百分点的增长率。这是我们可以马上进行的工作，是国会一复会我们就可以做的事。
We should also help companies that want to repair our roads and bridges and airports, so that thousands of construction workers who’ve been without a job for the last few years can get a paycheck again. That will also help to spur economic growth.
我们也应该帮助希望参加修复道路、桥梁和机场的公司，使过去几年成千上万失业的建筑工人可以再次拿到工资支票。这也有助于刺激经济增长。
These aren’t Democratic proposals. These aren’t big government proposals. These are all ideas that traditionally Republicans have agreed to, have agreed to countless times in the past. There’s no reason we shouldn’t act on them now. None.
这些不是民主党的建议。这些不是大政府的建议。这些都是共和党人传统上表示同意的想法，过去曾无数次表示同意。现在，我们没有任何理由不采取这些行动。绝对没有任何理由。
实习生：李帅男 |
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发表于 2016-7-11 17:43:04