解放军文职招聘考试奥巴马：自动减赤原可避免(1/2)

 President Obama called the $85 billion in automatic cuts "arbitrary", and said Republicans could have stopped them. "It's happening because a choice that Republicans in Congress have made. They've allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit." Mr. Obama met early Friday with Congressional leaders, Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, both Republicans, and on the Democratic sides, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The meeting lasted less than an hour. No agreement was reached. Mr. Obama wants to reduce the deficit by combining targeted spending cuts with increased tax revenues from closed loopholes. Republicans oppose more taxes. After the meeting, Speaker Boehner said the president got his tax increases in January, and the focus now must be on cutting spending. "This discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. It's about taking on the spending problem here in Washington."

奥巴马总统称，850亿美元的自动减支是武断的，而且他表示共和党人本可以避免这一局面的发生。“由于共和党人在国会上做的一个决议而致使自动减支发生。这些减支的发生是因为共和党人拒绝在封闭单一不经济漏洞以帮助减赤上作出让步。”奥巴马总统在周五早些时候会见了国会领导人包括众议院议长约翰•博纳、参议院少数党领袖的共和党人明奇•麦康奈尔、参议院多数党领袖的民主党人哈利•瑞德、以及众议院少数党领袖南希•佩洛西。此次会议持续不到一小时且没有达成任何协议。奥巴马总统想要通过封闭漏洞来提高税收收入，并结合针对性的开支削减来减少赤字。共和党人反对增税。会后，博纳议长表示，总统早在一月订立了增税目标，而现在必须要把精力集中在削减开支上。“在我看来，关于税收的讨论已经结束了。而接下来要做的是解决华盛顿的开支问题。”