特朗普公布2020年预算案 为边境墙拨款86亿美元

In Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump has released his budget proposal for the year 2020. The government's budget involves trillions of dollars.

唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区公布了2020年预算案。这份政府预算案总额高达数万亿美元。

The vast majority of its revenue comes from taxes. The budget's a blueprint of how the government plans to spend that and what the difference is between its revenue and its expenditure. For years, under Republican and Democratic administrations, the government has spent much more money than it takes in.

美国政府绝大部分收入来自税收。这份预算案是政府计划如何花费收入的蓝图,同时说明了收入及支出之间的差额。多年以来,无论是共和党政府还是民主党政府执政,政府的支出都远远大于收入。

President Trump's proposal includes reductions in what the government plans to spend — $2.7 trillion in cuts to most Federal agencies. The White House says it's the biggest spending reduction in presidential history. But it would still take 15 years under this plan for the budget to balance, meaning that what the government spends is equal to what it takes in. According to The Hill.com, the Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department, Housing and Urban Development and Federal Agriculture and Education Departments would all see reductions in their funding while defense spending would increase and programs that help veterans, modernize government technology and fight the nation's opioid epidemic would receive more money.

特朗普总统的提案包括削减政府花费,他提议将大多数联邦机构的预算削减2.7万亿美元。白宫表示,这是美国史上历任总统提出的最大规模开支削减计划。但是,依据这份计划,可能需要15年的时间才能达到预算平衡,即达到支出与收入持平。据The Hill.com网站报道,美国国家环境保护局、美国国务院、美国住房和城市发展部、农业部和教育部等联邦部门的预算都将被削减,而国防支出则会增加,为退伍军人提供帮助、实现政府技术现代化以及打击鸦片类药物滥用等项目将获得更多资金


The budget proposal sets aside $8.6 billion for border security. That includes the wall or barrier the president has promised to build between the U.S. and Mexico. That's something that's generally supported by Republicans who control the Senate. They say the president's proposal has no surprises and that it's a good first step in the budgetary process. A border wall is generally opposed by Democrats who control the House of Representatives. They say the presidents proposal is irresponsible and that it has no chance of passing in the House. No presidents budget has ever been adopted by Congress though. It shows a president's priorities for where money should be go, but because Congress controls the purse strings the two chambers could debate, change and revise the plan for months before a compromise is sent to the president's desk.

这份预算案为边境安全拨款86亿美元。旨在履行总统承诺,在美国和墨西哥边境修建边境墙或屏障。控制参议院的共和党人基本上支持这一计划。他们表示,总统的提案毫无意外,这是预算进程的良好开端。但是控制众议院的民主党反对修建边境墙。他们认为,总统的提案无责任感,不可能在众议院获得通过。不过,总统提出的预算案从未获得过国会的批准。这表明,总统的首要任务是确定资金分配,但是国会控制着财政支出,国会两院可能会就预算计划进行长达数个月的讨论、更改和修订,在达成妥协方案后送到总统办公桌上


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