VOA标准英语2014--Obama Unveils 2015 Budget; Republicans Dismissive 共和党人对奥巴马的2015年财政预算案不屑一顾
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2014年(三月)
Obama Unveils 2015 Budget; Republicans Dismissive 共和党人对奥巴马的2015年财政预算案不屑一顾
WHITE HOUSE — President Obama has sent the U.S. Congress his proposed budget of $3.9 trillion for fiscal 1 year 2015 that he hopes will bridge the gap between rich and poor in America.
The president unveiled his spending plan at a bilingual elementary school in Washington, D.C.
“It’s a roadmap for creating jobs with good wages and expanding opportunity for all Americans," said President Obama.
The plan includes more money for early childhood education, tax breaks for the working poor, and increased funding for roads, bridges, and other infrastructure 2 - as well as job training. All this, Obama says, will help put more Americans back to work.
But his proposed budget is likely to run into big challenges in Congress, where a skyrocketing deficit 3 and America's slow recovery from recession are a focus in upcoming elections.
Republican lawmakers want spending cuts and a reduced deficit. They argue that government spending is not the key to reducing poverty. Senator Mitch McConnell:
"Since 2009, the government has spent almost $18 trillion. Yet millions, millions of middle class Americans continue to suffer, whether in the unemployment line, or in jobs that barely allow them to get by. It is time the president realizes that doubling down on the same failed policies is not going to work," said McConnell.
Opposition 4 lawmakers have already declared the administration's defense 5 portion of the budget dead on arrival. It calls for Army troop levels to be reduced to their lowest levels since before World War II.
President Obama's budget battles are just beginning.
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。