アメリカ連邦予算問題 － ６月、７月
アメリカでは、７月現在、議会は非常に硬直化しており、ほとんど何も決められないという異常な状況に陥っている。下記は６月、７月の状況。
U.S. Federal Budget
in The New York Times.
U.S. Federal Budget Chronology
Jul. 8, 2013
New level of Congressional deadlock may well mean that number of legislative priorities, including major immigration overhaul, farm bill, and score of fiscal deadlines, will not be dealt with in coming session; dysfunction, which has already caused number of real-world consequences for Americans, seems unprecedented in Congressional history
（移民法、農業法など重要な法案を決めることができず、すでにアメリカ経済に大きな影響が出ている。）
Jul. 5, 2013
Profile of hedge fund executive Warren Mosler, who is waging well-financed academic battle against economists who promote austerity; Mosler's 'modern monetary theory' argues that government should be free to spend robustly to revive economy, and that there is no real need for balanced budget.
ヘッジ・ファンドのワレン・モスラーが、超緊縮を促進する経済学者に戦いをしかけているという話。均衡予算など重要な問題ではない、政府は自由に経済回復のために大胆な支出をすべきである。
Jun. 28, 2013
Federal government is sharply reducing financing for programs aimed at preventing catastrophic fires, even as another destructive wildfire season is charring Western states; funding to thin out trees and clear away millions of acres of deadfall and brittle brush has dropped by more than 25 percent in budgets, casualty of spending cuts and rising cost of battling active wildfires.
連邦政府、森林火災の防止を目的とした計画への融資を大幅削減
Jun. 27, 2013
Many private sector com
panies that provide support services to military and government agencies--particularly in building facilities category like janitorial, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception and laundry services--say they are frustrated by lack of public awareness about how federal budget cuts have affected their workers.
政府関係で働く人々が、予算カットの影響を受けているのを誰も気にしないことに不満をもっている。
Jun. 23, 2013
Editorial contends spending bills being drawn up by House Republicans for 2014 are worse than in any previous year and will make some programs and departments unrecognizable; criticizes House Republicans for apparently wanting to drag country through yet another budget showdown.
下院の共和党が考えている支出削減法にたいするNYT社説の批判。さらなる予算対決を通じて経済を引きずりたがっている、と。
Jun. 19, 2013
Long-awaited analysis by Congressional Budget Office provides positive economic assessment of proposed immigration law changes, saying legislation to overhaul system would cut close to $1 trillion from federal deficit over two decades and lead to more than 10 million new legal residents in United States.
CBOによる、提案されている移民法の変更は２０年で１兆ドルの削減をもたらし、１０００万人の移民をもたらす、との推定の公表
Jun. 17, 2013
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column disputes notion that American policy makers should be focused on long-run fiscal issues, instead of clear and present danger of mass unemployment.
クルーグマンのオプ・エド。現在の大量失業よりも長期の財政問題に焦点をおくべきとの考えへの反論。
Jun. 11, 2013
Standard & Poor's upgrades its outlook for long-term debt of United States, citing government's strengthened finances, recovering national economy and some easing of Washington's political gridlock.
S&Pのアメリカ長期債の格付けアップ
Jun. 5, 2013
Newly released Treasury Department audit shows Internal Revenue Service spent $4.1 million on single conference in Southern California in 2010, paying top dollar for hotel rooms, $27,500 for keynote speaker and tens of thousands of dollars for gifts to attendees; audit shows such expenditures fell sharply after clamp down by Obama White House on travel and conferences as budgets tightened and scandal erupted involving General Services Administration spending.
とんでもない無駄遣いの暴露
Jun. 1, 2013
"Obama administration says the financial outlook for Medicare has improved because of a stronger economy and slower growth in health spending, and the financial condition of Social Security has not worsened but is still unsustainable;" under current law, the administration says, Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund will be exhausted in 2026, and the Social Security Trust Fund will be depleted in 2033.
メディケアの財政状況の改善。社会保障も悪化はみられないとのこと。
