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White House pushing tax hikes, spending cuts to avoid
sequester

The White House is promoting a $1.8 trillion package of spending cuts
and tax hikes as the best approach to replace deep reductions in domestic and defense spending set
to begin next week – even as Republicans dismiss the proposal as not serious.

With barely more than a week until the deep cuts, known as the sequester,
take effect, President Obama and his advisers this week maintained that a
deficit reduction plan he put on the table in December amid negotiations over
the “fiscal cliff” should still be considered by Congress as a way to avoid
another fiscal crisis. Obama spoke with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday, but no progress was
reported.

Fonte: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-pushing-tax-hikes-spending-cuts-to-avoid-sequester/2013/02/22/aa4f9ab0-7ca5-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html?hpid=z1

TEXTO

White House pushing tax hikes, spending cuts to avoid
sequester

A Casa Branca força aumentos de impostos, cortes
de gastos para evitar sequestro

The White House is promoting a $1.8 trillion package of spending cuts
and tax hikes as the best approach to replace deep reductions in domestic and defense spending set
to begin next week – even as Republicans dismiss the proposal as not serious.

A Casa Branca
está promovendo um pacote de cortes de gastos de 1,8 trilhões de dólares e
aumentos de impostos como a melhor abordagem para substituir reduções profundas
nos gastos internos e gastos com defesa colocados para começar na próxima
semana – enquanto os Republicanos rejeitaram a proposta como não séria.

With barely more than a week until the deep cuts, known as the sequester,
take effect, President Obama and his advisers this week maintained that a
deficit reduction plan he put on the table in December amid negotiations over
the “fiscal cliff” should still be considered by Congress as a way to avoid
another fiscal crisis. Obama spoke with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday, but no progress was
reported.

Com pouco mais
do que uma semana até os cortes profundos, conhecido como o sequestro, tomem
efeito, o Presidente Obama e seus conselheiros* esta semana mantiveram um plano
de redução de déficit que ele (Obama) colocou sobre a mesa em dezembro entre as
negociações sobre o “buraco fiscal” que ainda deveria ser considerado pelo
Congresso como um caminho para evitar outra crise fiscal. Obama falou com o
Presidente da Câmara, John Boehner e o Líder da Maioria do Senado Mitch
McConnell na quinta-feira, mas nenhum progresso foi relatado.

*adviser = é
conselheiro e não adversário. Cuidado!!!