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U.S. President Barack Obama hammers Republicans over their newly unveiled campaign agenda, calling the opposition1 party's economic ideas (quote) “disastrous2”. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says Republican plans to roll back healthcare reform and extend Bush era tax cuts for top U.S. earners will not fix the nation's economic woes3.
”The Republicans who wanna take over congress offer their own ideas the other day. Many were the very same policies that led to the economic crisis in the first place. We're just surprising since many of other leaders were among the architects of that failed policy. It's grounded in the same worn out philosophy: cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires, cut the rules for Wall Street and the special interests. And cut the middle class loose to fend4 for itself. That's not a prescription5 for a better future. It's an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive.”
Republicans as well as so-called T Party activists6 have been out in 4th ahead of November elections, calling Obama's policies disastrous and promising7 to address the economy more effectively if they take over one or both Houses of Congress after the elections. The White House has sought to pin Republican ideas as remnants from former President George W. Bush's years in office, a period which Obama's team stresses led to one of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Obama targeted Republican proposals on deficit8 cutting and tax cuts.
”For all their talk about reining9 in spending and getting our deficits10 under control, they want to borrow another 700 billion dollars and use it to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires.”
Mid-term elections in November will determine whether or not Democrats11 maintain control of both Houses of Congress, which will be a key factor for Obama's agenda going forward.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
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困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉 | |
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4 fend | |
v.照料(自己),(自己)谋生,挡开,避开 | |
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5 prescription | |
n.处方,开药;指示,规定 | |
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adj.有希望的,有前途的 | |
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8 deficit | |
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差 | |
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9 reining | |
勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的现在分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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10 deficits | |
n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 );赤字;亏空;亏损 | |
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11 democrats | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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