Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health care costs. (Applause.) And the reforms I’m proposing go even further. We’ll reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies and ask more from the wealthiest seniors. (Applause.) We’ll bring down costs by changing the way our government pays for Medicare, because our medical bills shouldn’t be based on the number of tests ordered or days spent in the hospital; they should be based on the quality of care that our seniors receive. (Applause.) And I am open to additional reforms from both parties, so long as they don’t violate the guarantee of a secure retirement. Our government shouldn’t make promises we cannot keep -- but we must keep the promises we’ve already made. (Applause.)

平價醫療法案已經開始幫助減緩醫保經費的增長。(掌聲)我提議的改革將會走得更遠。我們將會削減納稅人對于處方類藥品公司的津貼，同時向那些最富有的高層管理索取更多。(掌聲)我們將會通過改變政府為老年保健醫療體系埋單的方式以調低醫藥費，因為我們的醫療賬單不應該基于我們在醫院住了多少天做了多少體檢，而應基于我們的老人享受了多么高質量的醫護措施。(掌聲)現在我將聽取來自兩黨的附加改革措施，只要他們不違反退休安全的保障。我們的政府不應該承諾一些我們不能完成的誓言，而是應該完成一些我們已經決定的諾言。(掌聲)

To hit the rest of our deficit reduction target, we should do what leaders in both parties have already suggested, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and the well-connected. After all, why would we choose to make deeper cuts to education and Medicare just to protect special interest tax breaks? How is that fair? Why is it that deficit reduction is a big emergency justifying making cuts in Social Security benefits but not closing some loopholes? How does that promote growth? (Applause.)

為了達到我們剩下的赤字削減目標，我們應該完成兩黨領袖已經建議了的，擺脫富貴者的稅收漏洞和削減，這樣可以節省千億美元。畢竟，為什么我們要對教育和老年保健醫療體系選擇進行更多的削減，而僅僅是為了保護一些特殊利益者的免稅？那樣公平嗎？為什么赤字削減是社會保障救濟金的的削減而非彌補那些高收入者的稅收漏洞？那樣可以提升經濟增長速度嗎？(掌聲)

Now is our best chance for bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation and helps bring down the deficit. (Applause.) We can get this done. The American people deserve a tax code that helps small businesses spend less time filling out complicated forms, and more time expanding and hiring -- a tax code that ensures billionaires with high-powered accountants can’t work the system and pay a lower rate than their hardworking secretaries; a tax code that lowers incentives to move jobs overseas, and lowers tax rates for businesses and manufacturers that are creating jobs right here in the United States of America. That’s what tax reform can deliver. That’s what we can do together. (Applause.)

現在是進行兩黨廣泛合作的可以鼓勵創造就業崗位以及削減赤字的稅收改革最好時機。(掌聲)我們可以完成這個。美國人民理應得到一個可以幫助小企業花更少的時間填寫復雜表格以及更多時間擴員和招募的免稅代碼——一個確保擁有高效會計師的億萬富翁們不能投機取巧地比他們更努力工作的秘書繳納更少低額稅率的免稅代碼；一個降低把崗位挪到海外、降低美國本土商業和制造業崗位稅率的免稅代碼。這才是稅務改革可以實現的。這才是我們可以共同完成的。(掌聲)

I realize that tax reform and entitlement reform will not be easy. The politics will be hard for both sides. None of us will get 100 percent of what we want. But the alternative will cost us jobs, hurt our economy, visit hardship on millions of hardworking Americans. So let’s set party interests aside and work to pass a budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise investments in our future. And let’s do it without the brinksmanship that stresses consumers and scares off investors. (Applause.) The greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next. (Applause.) We can’t do it.

我知道稅務改革和權利改革不會那么容易。對于兩黨來說，都將會很困難。我們沒有人可以達到百分之百的需求。但是不這樣做的后果是，我們的就業崗位、經濟將會付出代價，百萬奮斗中的美國人將會更加艱苦。因而我們要把黨派利益放在一邊，共同努力以通過一個可以取代不計后果的削減預算，對未來進行靈活的節省和智慧的投資。讓我們共同努力，以取代一個讓消費者緊張、讓投資者害怕的邊緣政策。(掌聲)地球上最偉大的國家不能繼續通過把一個制造業危機漂流到下一個制造業危機的方式發展經濟。(掌聲)我們不能這么做。

Let’s agree right here, right now to keep the people’s government open, and pay our bills on time, and always uphold the full faith and credit of the United States of America. (Applause.) The American people have worked too hard, for too long, rebuilding from one crisis to see their elected officials cause another. (Applause.) 讓我們在此時此地就達成一致，保證人民的政府公開，按時付清我們的賬單，并且經常遲滯美利堅合眾國的信仰和信譽。(掌聲)美國人民在相當長的時間里工作太努力了，從一個危機中重建起來，發現被選上來的新官員造成了另一個危機。(掌聲)

Now, most of us agree that a plan to reduce the deficit must be part of our agenda. But let’s be clear, deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan. (Applause.)

A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs -- that must be the North Star that guides our efforts. (Applause.) Every day, we should ask ourselves three questions as a nation: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills they need to get those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?

現在，我們大多數人就削減赤字的方案達成一致。這是我們未來計劃的一部分。但是我們要清醒地認識到，獨立的赤字削減并不是一個經濟方案。(掌聲)一個可以創造好的、中產階級的就業崗位增長的經濟體——應該是指引我們前進的北極星。(掌聲)每一天，我們作為一個國家應該對自己提出三個問題：我們如何把更多的崗位吸引到我們的兩個海岸？我們如何進行崗位培訓？我們如何確保努力工作之后可以有體面的生活？

A year and a half ago, I put forward an American Jobs Act that independent economists said would create more than 1 million new jobs. And I thank the last Congress for passing some of that agenda. I urge this Congress to pass the rest. (Applause.) But tonight, I’ll lay out additional proposals that are fully paid for and fully consistent with the budget framework both parties agreed to just 18 months ago. Let me repeat -- nothing I’m proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. It is not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth. (Applause.) That’s what we should be looking for.

一年半之前，我簽署了美國就業法案。一些獨立的經濟學家認為這會創造100萬個新崗位。我感謝上一屆國會通過了其中的一些方案。我希望這一屆國會通過剩下的。(掌聲)但是今晚，我將提出附加的方案。這些附加的方案是和兩黨在一年半之前達成一致的預算框架方案有很直接的關系的。讓我重復一遍——我今晚提出的方案不會增加我們的預算一毛錢。我們不需要大政府，而需要一個能夠明辨主次之分的對廣泛的經濟進行投資的更智能的政府。(掌聲)那才是我們應該尋求的。

Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing. After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three. Caterpillar is bringing jobs back from Japan. Ford is bringing jobs back from Mexico. And this year, Apple will start making Macs in America again. (Applause.)

我們首要的任務是要讓美國成為吸引新就業崗位和制造業的地方。在長達10年的制造業工作崗位的流失態勢下，我們在過去3年創造了50萬個就業崗位。 開拓重工公司開始把崗位從日本帶回。福特汽車公司開始把崗位從墨西哥帶回。今年，蘋果公司也將重新在美國生產蘋果電腦。(掌聲)