Bush Defends Economic Policy

Bush Defends Economic Policy

Paula Wolfson

The Democrats¹ say the president is not doing enough to boost employment in the United States, noting the White House is backing off its earlier job creation projections³.

The president has distanced himself from those projections, and is trying to keep the focus on tax policy. He says the tax cuts he pushed through Congress are spurring economic growth and new jobs will be created if these cuts are made permanent.

"See, if Congress doesn't do anything there will be tax increases on the American people. That's what that means. When you hear we're going to repeal⁴ the Bush tax cuts they mean tax increases."

The president predicts it will be a major topic of debate throughout this election year, and he makes clear he wants to go before the American people and take on his critics. "There is a philosophical⁵ difference here. Who do you want spending your money, you or the federal government? And that is the debate I look forward to taking across the country."

Mr. Bush spoke⁶ Thursday from an auditorium⁷ on the White House grounds, surrounded by a small group of supporters. His remarks came shortly after the front-runner for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination⁸ got a key endorsement⁹. The nation's largest federation¹⁰ of labor¹¹ unions, the AFL-CIO, announced it is backing Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.

White House Spokesman Scott McClellan downplayed the importance of this major labor endorsement. He said union leaders have a history of backing Democrats, but added many union members lean Republican.

 

注释：

boost [bu:st] vt 推动

back off  退避，后退

projection² [prE5dVekF(E)n] n. 计划，规划

distance [5distEns] v. 使远离

spur [spE:] v. 鞭策，刺激

repeal [rI5pi:l] vt. 废除（法令），取消

predict [pri5dikt] v. 预测，预示

take on  承担

philosophical [7filE5sCfikEl] adj. 哲学的

auditorium [7C:di5tC:riEm] n. 会厅，大会堂

endorsement [in5dC:smEnt] n. 认可，支持

federation [7fedE5reiFEn] n. 联盟

the AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations 美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会(简称劳联-产联)

downplay [5daJnpleI] vt. 不予重视

 

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 projection   

n.发射，计划，突出部分

参考例句：

• Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
• The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。

3 projections   

预测( projection的名词复数 )； 投影； 投掷； 突起物

参考例句：

• Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
• The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。

4 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

5 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

8 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

9 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

10 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

11 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。