Thank you. Well, good afternoon, everybody. Now that those of us on the campaign trail have had a chance to get a little sleep -- it’s time to get back to work. And there is plenty of work to do. 谢谢。好的，大家下午好。现在，竞选路上的我们终于有机会稍微睡一会儿了——是时候回到工作中了。而我们有很多工作要做。
As I said on Tuesday night, the American people voted for action, not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And in that spirit, I’ve invited leaders of both parties to the White House next week, so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. And I also intend to bring in business and labor and civic leaders from all across the country here to Washington to get their ideas and input as well. 正如我在星期二晚上所说，美国人民投票支持的是行动，而不是一如既往的政治僵局。你们选举我们是为了关注你们的工作，而不是我们自己的工作。本着这种精神，我已经邀请两党领导人下周来到白宫，这样我们就可以开始围绕那些只能共同解决的挑战建立共识。我还打算将全国各地的企业、劳工和公民领袖请到华盛顿，听取他们的想法和建议。
At a time when our economy is still recovering from the Great Recession, our top priority has to be jobs and growth. That’s the focus of the plan I talked about during the campaign. It’s a plan to reward small businesses and manufacturers that create jobs here, not overseas. It’s a plan to give people the chance to get the education and training that businesses are looking for right now. It’s a plan to make sure this country is a global leader in research and technology and clean energy, which will attract new companies and high-wage jobs to America. 在我国经济仍在从大衰退中复苏之际，我们的首要任务必须是就业和增长。这也是我在竞选期间谈论的计划重点。这项计划旨在奖励那些在国内而非海外创造就业的小企业和制造商。这项计划旨在让人们有机会获得企业目前所需的教育和培训。这项计划旨在确保美国在研究、技术和清洁能源领域保持全球领先地位，从而吸引新公司和高薪工作来到美国。
It’s a plan to put folks back to work, including our veterans, rebuilding our roads and our bridges, and other infrastructure. And it’s a plan to reduce our deficit in a balanced and responsible way. 这项计划旨在让人们重返工作岗位，包括我们的退伍军人，重建我们的公路、桥梁和其他基础设施。这项计划还旨在以平衡和负责任的方式减少我们的赤字。
Our work is made that much more urgent because at the end of this year, we face a series of deadlines that require us to make major decisions about how to pay our deficit down -- decisions that will have a huge impact on the economy and the middle class, both now and in the future. Last year, I worked with Democrats and Republicans to cut a trillion dollars’ worth of spending that we just couldn’t afford. 我们的工作变得更加紧迫，因为在今年年底，我们面临一系列最后期限，要求我们就如何削减赤字做出重大决策——这些决策无论现在还是将来，都会对经济和中产阶级产生巨大影响。去年，我与民主党人和共和党人合作，削减了一万亿美元我们实在无法承受的支出。
I intend to work with both parties to do more -- and that includes making reforms that will bring down the cost of health care so we can strengthen programs like Medicaid and Medicare for the long haul. 我打算与两党合作做得更多——这包括推进改革以降低医疗保健成本，从而让我们能够长期巩固Medicaid和Medicare等项目。
But as I’ve said before, we can’t just cut our way to prosperity. If we’re serious about reducing the deficit, we have to combine spending cuts with revenue -- and that means asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more in taxes. That’s how we did it -- That's how we did it in the 1990s, when Bill Clinton was President. That’s how we can reduce the deficit while still making the investments we need to build a strong middle class and a strong economy. 但正如我之前所说，我们不能仅靠削减开支来实现繁荣。如果我们真心想减少赤字，就必须将削减开支与增加收入结合起来——这意味着要求最富裕的美国人多缴纳一点税款。我们就是这样做的——上世纪90年代Bill Clinton担任总统时我们就是这样做的。只有这样，我们才能在减少赤字的同时，进行必要的投资以建设强大的中产阶级和强劲的经济。
That’s the only way we can still afford to train our workers, or help our kids pay for college, or make sure that good jobs in clean energy or high-tech manufacturing don’t end up in countries like China. 这是我们唯一还能负担得起培训工人、帮助孩子们支付大学学费、确保清洁能源或高科技制造业的优质工作不会流落到中国等国家的途径。
Now, already, I’ve put forward a detailed plan that allows us to make these investments while reducing our deficit by 4 trillion dollars over the next decade. I want to be clear -- I’m not wedded to every detail of my plan. I’m open to compromise. I’m open to new ideas. I’m committed to solving our fiscal challenges. But I refuse to accept any approach that isn’t balanced. I am not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me, making over 250,000, dollars aren’t asked to pay a dime more in taxes. I'm not going to do that. 现在，我已经提出了一项详细计划，使我们能够在进行这些投资的同时，在未来十年内将赤字减少4万亿美元。我想说明的是——我并非执着于计划的每一个细节。我愿意妥协。我愿意接受新想法。我致力于解决我们的财政挑战。但我拒绝接受任何不够平衡的方案。我不会要求学生、老年人和中产阶级家庭承担全部赤字，而像我这样年收入超过25万美元的人却不需要多缴一分钱的税。我不会这样做。
And I just want to point out this was a central question during the election. It was debated over and over again. And on Tuesday night, we found out that the majority of Americans agree with my approach -- and that includes Democrats, independents, and a lot of Republicans across the country, as well as independent economists and budget experts. That’s how you reduce the deficit -- with a balanced approach. 我只想指出，这是竞选期间的一个核心问题。这个问题被反复辩论。而在星期二晚上，我们发现大多数美国人都认同我的方案——其中包括民主党人、独立选民和全国各地的许多共和党人，以及独立经济学家和预算专家。这就是减少赤字的方法——采用平衡的方案。
So our job now is to get a majority in Congress to reflect the will of the American people. And I believe we can get that majority. I was encouraged to hear Speaker Boehner agree that tax revenue has to be part of this equation -- so I look forward to hearing his ideas when I see him next week. 因此，我们现在的工作是让国会中的多数派反映美国人民的意愿。我相信我们能够获得这样的多数支持。听到Boehner议长同意税收收入必须成为这个方程式的一部分，我感到很受鼓舞——所以我期待下周见到他时听取他的想法。
And let me make one final point that every American needs to hear. Right now, if Congress fails to come to an agreement on an overall deficit reduction package by the end of the year, everybody’s taxes will automatically go up on January 1st -- everybody’s -- including the 98 percent of Americans who make less than 250,000 dollars a year. And that makes no sense. It would be bad for the economy and would hit families that are already struggling to make ends meet. 让我最后再说一点，这是每个美国人都需要听到的。现在，如果国会未能在年底前就整体赤字削减方案达成协议，那么从1月1日起，所有人的税收都将自动上调——所有人——包括年收入低于25万美元的98%的美国人。这毫无道理。这将不利于经济，而且会打击那些已经在努力维持生计的家庭。
Now, fortunately, we shouldn’t need long negotiations or drama to solve that part of the problem. While there may be disagreement in Congress over whether or not to raise taxes on folks making over 250,000 dollars a year, nobody -- not Republicans, not Democrats -- want taxes to go up for folks making under 250,000 dollars a year. So let’s not wait. Even as we’re negotiating a broader deficit reduction package, let’s extend the middle-class tax cuts right now. Let's do that right now. 幸运的是，我们不需要漫长的谈判或戏剧性的波折来解决这部分问题。虽然国会对于是否向年收入超过25万美元的人增税可能存在分歧，但没有人——无论是共和党人还是民主党人——希望年收入低于25万美元的人税收上调。所以，不要再等了。即使我们正在谈判更广泛的赤字削减方案，也让我们现在就延长中产阶级的减税政策。让我们现在就采取行动。
That one step -- that one step -- would give millions of families -- 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses -- the certainty that they need going into the new year. It would immediately take a huge chunk of the economic uncertainty off the table, and that will lead to new jobs and faster growth. Business will know that consumers, they're not going to see a big tax increase. They'll know that most small businesses won't see a tax increase. And so a lot of the uncertainty that you're reading about, that will be removed. 这一步——这一步——将给予数百万个家庭——98%的美国人和97%的小企业——进入新年所需的确定性。这将立即消除很大一部分经济不确定性，从而带来新的就业岗位和更快的增长。企业将知道消费者不会面临大幅增税。他们将知道大多数小企业不会面临增税。因此，你们所读到的那种种不确定性，将会被消除。
In fact, the Senate has already passed a bill doing exactly this, so all we need is action from the House. And I’ve got the pen ready to sign the bill right away. I'm ready to do it. I'm ready to do it. 事实上，参议院已经通过了完全相同内容的法案，所以我们只需要众议院采取行动。我已经准备好了签字的笔，随时可以签署这项法案。我准备好了。我准备好了。
The American people understand that we’re going to have differences and disagreements in the months to come. They get that. But on Tuesday, they said loud and clear that they won’t tolerate dysfunction. They won’t tolerate politicians who view compromise as a dirty word. Not when so many Americans are still out of work. Not when so many families and small business owners are still struggling to pay the bills. 美国人民明白，在接下来的几个月里，我们会有分歧和争议。他们理解这一点。但在星期二，他们明确表示无法容忍政府功能的失调。他们无法容忍那些把妥协视为肮脏词汇的政客。尤其是在还有这么多美国人仍然失业的时候。尤其是在还有这么多家庭和小企业主仍在艰难支付账单的时候。
What the American people are looking for is cooperation. They're looking for consensus. They're looking for common sense. Most of all, they want action. I intend to deliver for them in my second term, and I expect to find willing partners in both parties to make that happen. So let’s get to work. 美国人民所期待的是合作。他们期待的是共识。他们期待的是常识。最重要的是，他们想要行动。我打算在第二个任期内为他们交出成果，我也期望在两党中找到愿意合作的伙伴来实现这一目标。那么，让我们开始工作吧。
Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. 非常感谢大家。谢谢。
