摘要：80家美國最大企業的CEO聯名倡議，要求（1）增加稅收，減少稅收漏洞諸如各類抵扣，（2）減少政府開支，（3）加強社會福利係統的根基，（4）降低各種社會福利開支的增長幅度。基本上CEO們倡議實行simpson-bowles計劃。simpson-bowles計劃是奧巴馬總統成立的一個共和－民主2黨聯合預算委員會提出的經濟改革報告，基本結論是為樂美國經濟的長治久安，必須做到每增加3元稅收，同時砍掉1元開支。至今沒有任何一個總統候選人敢支持這個計劃，包括奧巴馬本人。
Chief executives of more than 80 big-name U.S. corporations, from Aetna Inc.to Weyerhaeuser Co., are banding together to pressure Congress to reduce the federal deficit with tax-revenue increases as well as spending cuts.
The CEOs, in a statement to be released on Thursday, say any fiscal plan "that can succeed both financially and politically" has to limit the growth of health-care spending, make Social Security solvent and "include comprehensive and pro-growth tax reform, which broadens the base, lowers rates, raises revenues and reduces the deficit."
The declaration differs sharply from those of several other business groups, which urge Washington to deal with the deficit and avoid across-the-board spending cuts and tax increases set for year-end—but avoid any stance on the politically charged issue of raising taxes.
The CEOs who signed the manifesto deem tax increases inevitable no matter which party succeeds at the polls in November. "There is no possible way; you can do the arithmetic a million different ways" to avoid raising taxes, said Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna. "You can't tax your way to fix this problem, and you can't cut entitlements enough to fix this problem."
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