美国经济增长缓慢(2)【沪江标准VOA080303】
Bush Says US Economy Not in Recession (2/2)
The two remaining candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination - Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - have both warned of a pending recession and have laid the blame squarely on the Bush administration.
At a recent campaign debate in Texas, Obama spoke at length about the country's economic woes.
"You don't need an economist or the Federal Reserve to tell the American people that the economy is in trouble, because they have been experiencing it for years now."
Clinton followed up with a list of specific economic trouble spots that must be addressed, starting with corporate tax regulations.
"We are going to rid the tax code of these loopholes and giveaways. We are going to stop giving a penny of your money to anybody who ships a job out of Texas, Ohio or anywhere else to another country."
Both said that tax cuts championed by President Bush have helped only the richest Americans, and vowed to put more of a focus on tax relief for the middle class.
民主党剩下的两名总统提名候选人——参议员巴拉克奥巴马和希拉里克林顿——都警告说会有迫近的经济衰退，并直言斥责于布什政府。
奥巴马最近在德克萨斯州的竞选辩论上详细谈到本国的经济困境。
"我们不需要一个经济学家或美联储来告诉美国人民说，经济正处于困境，因为这几年他们一直经历着" 。
希拉里克林顿跟着列出了一些必须处理的具体经济难点问题，首先就是有关公司税收的规定。
"我们要摆脱税法的瑕疵和纰漏。我们将不会把你们的任何一分钱给那些把你们的工作从德州，俄亥俄州或其他地方转到另一个国家去的人" 。
双方都表示，布什总统倡导的减税帮助的只是最富有的美国人，他们立誓把更多的重点放在为中产阶层减轻税收。
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