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No.282 SIM音読用英文

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Obama Submits First Budget to Congress
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The president says he wants to invest billions

in high priority programs

in areas such as education, health care and energy.


But he says he still intends

to bring the deficit down over time.


"While we must add to our deficits

in the short term

to provide immediate relief to families

and get our economy moving,

it is only by restoring fiscal discipline

over the long run

that we can produce

sustained growth and shared prosperity."


The White House says

the United States will go into the 2010 fiscal year

with a $1.75 trillion deficit.


That is the largest budget shortfall -

adjusted for inflation -

since 1945.


Mr. Obama says that means

everyone will have to compromise,

and there will be tough choices ahead.


But he stresses

that certain needs cannot be ignored.


"Just as a family has to make hard choices

about where to spend and where to save,

so do we

as a government."


The president put forward

the broad outlines of the budget

during a brief appearance

at the Old Executive Office Building Thursday.


He said a detailed spending plan will be submitted

to Congress in April,

once the White House has completed a review

of every single government program.


"Having inherited a trillion-dollar deficit

that will take a long time for us to close,

we need to focus on what we need

to move the economy forward,

not on what's nice to have."


Mr. Obama said once again

that the White House has already identified $2 trillion

in potential savings

over the next decade.


He said ineffective programs will be cut

and tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans will end.


The White House is also predicting some savings

as U.S. forces are drawn down in Iraq.


Officials project

the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will be reduced

from $130 billion in 2010,

to $50 billion annually

over several years.


Paula Wolfson, VOA News, the White House
by danueno | 2009-03-04 15:05 | SIM音読用英文


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