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1、ApresidentialpanelchargedwithfindingwaystopulltheU.S.outofitsspiralingdebtiscallingforsweepingchangesthatwouldimpactallAmericansforgenerationstocome.TheNationalCommissiononFiscalResponsibilityandReformrecommendsraisingtheretirementageandeliminatingcostlytaxbreaksaspartofalargerplan
2、toreducethenation'smushroomingdebt.Thecommission'sleaderssayfailuretoactcouldhavegraveconsequencesfortheU.S.-butevenpanel'smembersaredividedonwhetherthestepsgotoofarornotfarenough.ThefinancialturmoilhappeninginEuropecouldbefalltheUnitedStatesifAmericansdon'tactnow.That'sthewarningf
3、romtopleadersofaspecialcommissionchargedwithfindingwaystoreininthenation'sdebt,nowestimatedatnearly$14trillion.
FormerRepublicanSenatorandco-chairAlanSimpson:"Wehaveseenthefigures,andwedon'tknowalotaboutGreeceandIrelandandSpainandPortugalandItaly,butwedoknowsomething,thatifyoustayt
4、hisway,somethingbadwillhappen,"hesaid.Thepanel'sreport-subtitled,TheMomentofTruth-proposescuttingdefensespendingby$100billionandclosingone-thirdofU.S.militarybasesabroad.Itwouldalsodoublethefederaltaxongasoline,reducemedicarepaymentstoseniorsandraisetheretirementageforSocialSecurit
5、y.Ifimplemented,theplanwouldcuttheU.S.deficitbynearly$4trillionandstabilizethedebtby2014.ButDemocraticRepresentativeJanSchakowskyplanstovoteagainsttherecommendations.Hesaystheausteritymeasureswillhurtlowincomeearnersthemost."Wetalkaboutsharedsacrifice,Ithinkthesenumbersindicatethat
6、sacrificeinfacthasnotbeenshared,"saidSchakowsky."Thatsomepeoplehavelostandothershavesignificantlygainedoverthelastseveralyears,sowe'renotstartingatthesamepoint."Theplanrequirestheapprovalofatleast14ofthepanel's18memberstobringitupforavoteinCongress.ButformerSenatorErskineBowles,the
7、Democraticco-chair,hasalreadydeclaredvictory.Hesaysthepanelhassucceededinstartingan"adultconversation"onaproblemthat'stoobigtoignore."Allwehavetodoislookatwhat'shappeningtotheothercountries,"hesaid."We'renotunique.Ifwedon'taddressthis,wefacethemostpredictableeconomiccrisisinhistory
8、.Sowecaneitherwake-upandsm