奧巴馬將提議削減赤字超1萬5千億美元大綱

U.S. President Barack Obama says he will present a proposal early next month to cut the nation's massive budget deficit by more than currently a visit to his home state of Illinois Wednesday, President Obama told residents his proposed deficit reduction will exceed the $1.5 trillion target that a bipartisan congressional committee has been tasked to find. The group of six Democrats and six Republicans is to identify the cuts by December as part of the deal passed earlier this month to raise the U.S. debt limit. White House officials say Mr. Obama will also propose several measures aimed at creating jobs, including tax cuts, infrastructure investment and help for the long-term unemployed.

Many Republican lawmakers oppose raising taxes on high-income earners and eliminating tax breaks for big corporations, saying such steps will hurt job creation and undermine the sluggish economic recovery. Illinois was the final stop on a three-day bus tour that also took the president to Minnesota and Iowa. Mr. Obama spent his time in each state listening to residents' concerns and discussing his ideas for creating jobs. He returned to Washington late Wednesday, ahead of a 10-day vacation to Martha's Vineyard, an island in the northeastern state of Massachusetts.美國總統奧巴馬說，他下月初將提出一項建議，以比目前計劃更大的幅度削減龐大的國家預算。奧巴馬星期三在訪問他曾居住過的伊利諾伊州時對居民說，他的削減赤字提議將超過一個跨黨派國會委員會爭取達到的1萬5000億美元的目標。這個由六名民主黨人和六名共和黨人組成的委員會將在12月之前確定削減項目，作爲本月早些時候通過的提高美國債務上限的協議的組成部分。白宮官員說，奧巴馬還將提出幾項措施，目的是增加就業、減稅、增加基礎設施投資以及幫助長期失業的人。

很多共和黨議員反對增加對高收入者的稅收以及取消對大公司的納稅優惠待遇，認爲這些措施將影響增加就業機會以及損害疲軟的經濟復甦。伊利諾伊州是奧巴馬爲期三天的乘巴士出行的最後的一站，此前奧巴馬去過明尼蘇達州和愛奧華州。奧巴馬在每個州聽取居民的擔憂，並討論他有關增加就業的想法。奧巴馬於星期三晚間回到華盛頓，他將前往瑪莎葡萄園度假十天。瑪莎葡萄園是東北部麻薩諸塞州的一個島嶼。