奧巴馬宣佈減赤計劃共和黨反對

U.S. President Barack Obama announced his deficit reduction plan Monday, but congressional Republicans quickly rejected the a White House speech, Mr. Obama called on all Americans, including the wealthy and corporations, to pay a "fair share" of the cost of government. He threatened to veto any proposal that cut medical care for the elderly unless it also raises taxes on the wealthy. Mr. Obama declared, "This is not class warfare. It's math."

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican John Boehner, says the president's plan pits one group of Americans against another. Republicans have said higher taxes hurt investment and economic growth. They want deficit reduction to come entirely by cutting spending, including the cost of pension and health care programs for the elderly and poor, called Social Security and Medicare.

President Obama proposed higher taxes on the wealthy, cuts in some social programs and less military spending in a package intended to reduce the huge U.S. debt by another $3 trillion over 10 president proposed $1.5 trillion in taxes, including a provision that some individuals earning more than $1 million a year no longer be allowed to pay taxes at a lower rate than middle-income Americans. He also calls for allowing Bush era tax cuts to expire by the end of 2012, which would end certain tax cuts for families making more than $250,000 a . Obama also says he can eventually save $1 trillion by bringing American troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan.美國總統奧巴馬星期一宣佈了一攬子削減赤字計劃，但是國會共和黨人迅速予以拒絕。奧巴馬星期一在白宮的講話中呼籲所有美國人，包括富人和企業，爲政府開支承當“公平的份額”。他還威脅將否決任何削減老人健保計劃的提議，除非這個提議同時建議向富人增稅。奧巴馬宣稱，“這不是階級鬥爭，而是數字問題。”

國會衆議院議長、共和黨人約翰.貝納說，總統的計劃將一羣美國人與另一羣美國人對立。共和黨人一直表示，增稅將妨害投資和經濟增長。他們希望完全通過削減開支來削減赤字，包括削減政府退休金和給老人和窮人的健保計劃，例如社會保險和老人醫療保險等。

奧巴馬總統提出對富人徵收更多的稅，削減部分社會福利計劃和削減軍費一攬子計劃，以便未來十年將美國的鉅額債務減少3萬億美元。總統提出增加1.5萬億美元的稅收，包括一些年收入100萬美元以上的個人所得稅稅率不得低於美國中產階級稅率的條款。他還呼籲在2012年年底結束給布什政府時期對年收入25萬美元以上的家庭實施的減稅措施。奧巴馬還表示，把在伊拉克和阿富汗的美軍撤回國，最終會節省1萬億美元。