Whether popular welfare programs, such as medicare and medicaid cut part of the program, to ease the government of popping up debt trading caused a lot of obstacles, in order to avoid potential economic Democrats in the senate the profound differences between crushing "wealth cliff", even if the republicans agree with raising taxes.
In the course of our negotiations to seek alternative automatic raise taxes and cut spending 1 month in $67.1 billion the focus of most of the main focus on whether republicans will agree with the rich tax increases. President Obama insisted, to the rich and tax, must be any part of the deal, the White House officials also admitted that the government's welfare plan, will be in the package.
"This is, when we are talking about a wide range of, balance method to deal with the financial challenges we face, including processing rights," White House press secretary jay karni said on Tuesday, the President's position.
However, if the republicans agree to improve tax, also cannot guarantee the Democrats can take out enough votes in the senate cut benefits plan - the republican required.
"I hope not, if this means that social security or medical insurance cuts in welfare," said senator Sheldon White House think, DR. I.
There are more and more the senate Democrats and the White House consensus between, the social security should be exempt from any deficit reduction bag. However, some centre Democrats in the senate that democratic colleagues must be willing to consider a cut medicare and medicaid to get from republicans in the tax preferential.
Democratic senator baucus says: "it must be two - a significant revenue growth and cut costs, D - mountain, the senate finance committee chairman.
Senator Conrad, DN. D., who is retired the senate budget committee chairman said, rising medical costs in medicare and medicaid helps to promote future spending, and make them a long-term deficit reduction is an important part of package.
"I have been here every two part of the group, we always put everything on the table," said Conrad. "If you want to solve this problem, you have to handle the expenditure and income can improve."
But senator baucus and Conrad more and more be submerged in the bottom spirit the recent election results by the Democratic Party cuts in welfare.
, D - Iowa senator Tom harkin said, "he is willing to savings, medicare and medicaid, make them more effectively. But, he says, he would not support cuts in welfare.
"I think the fact that general election, the vast majority of americans don't want to cut these plans said very intense," jin said.
, 2 Democrats in the senate leadership, senator durbin said, he did not think there should be a rush to the current session in the rest of a few weeks, maintenance and moving due to plan, in order to avoid financial cliff.
The democratic Illinois on Wednesday in an interview with CNN, "we need to put the table in the short term, it is forced to cut the deficit." Durbin said rights, such as medicare and medicaid program of reform, should be "control federal deficit to long-term strategic" one part.
Durbin reiterated his position, social security should not be part of the discussion. He said: "we want to ensure that at the end of the day, the medical insurance is a program, it is solvent, and in the next few years, we can count on it."
Congress and the White House is committed to in the next three weeks to find at least one bridge financial cliff reduce sudden bumpy high taxes and spending cuts in January, and laid a framework, to resolve the country's long-term fiscal problems in next year.
Obama hopes to let the wealthy family, and at the same time keep medium and low income taxpayers tax rates rise. Some republican leaders, including the United States Ohio the speaker of the house of representatives John boehner said, they are willing to consider the rich pay more, reduce their tax breaks. However, most of the republicans in congress resolutely oppose any tax rate increase.
Negotiations are very slow, each side waiting for the other party to make concessions.
The Democrats have try to take social security, fake watch. , White House spokesman karni said Monday, change a lot of retirement and disability scheme should be separately any deficit reduction plan. It is up to 28 democratic senator and vermont independent senator Bernie sanders senator compatriots in September the same position in a letter.
"We will oppose any deficit reduction bag future or current beneficiaries, including cuts to social security, said:" the letter, signed many senior Democrats, including the majority leader Harry Reid (Harry Reid), Nevada. And in the house democratic leader Nancy pelosi has taken the same position, not only in social security, but also to medicare and medicaid.
"Have no suggestion, by about how they do the real problem, and the quota," said senator orrin · hatchuel suggests, Utah republican senate finance committee. "There are certain arrogance, and I have seen and I was really amazing, because we are basically in the same position, before us" the election.
Durbin trying to find common ground, he says, he will need to wealthy old people are willing to pay more medical insurance and welfare.
"If we just stand by and say" don't touch with medical insurance in any way, for any reason, forever ", we invite the crisis, opponents can use eviscerate medical insurance, or even to the end, durbin said: "on Tuesday. "Progress should be willing to talk about the way to ensure that long-term viability of the social security, medicare and medicaid, but these talks should not be part of the plan, in order to avoid financial cliff."




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