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MILLONARIOS PATRIOTICOS. Un grupo de acaudalados norteamericanos se han integrado a fin de influir en las negociaciones del gobierno. Solicitan que se eleven los impuestos de los ciudadanos estadounidenses con mayor poder adquisitivo. Para tu comodidad hemos intercalado vocabulario bilingüe a lo largo del texto.
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PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES |
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From VOA Learning English,
this is the Economics Report in Special English. |
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Congressional leaders and the Obama administration have begun
budget
negotiations. They are trying to avoid what is being called ”the
fiscal cliff,”
a combination of tax increases and budget cuts that many experts
worry could
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budget negotiations: a negociar el presupuesto; to avoid: de evitar; fiscal cliff: precipicio fiscal (el aumento de los impuestos puede causar una grave recesión en la economía); budget cuts: recortes presupuestarios; worry could harm: les preocupa que pueda dañar; |
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However, a group of rich Americans has formed to try to influence those
negotiations. More than twenty of them travelled to Washington recently to call
on lawmakers to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. |
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however: sin embargo; has formed: se ha integrado para intentar; to call on lawmakers: a fin de reclamar a los legisladores para; to raise taxes: aumentar los impuestos; on the wealthiest: a los más ricos; |
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The group calls itself ”Patriotic Millionaires.”
Members of the group
have
incomes of at least one million dollars a year. Their message is simple: ”tax us
more -- we can take it.”
They are worried about the growing gap between the upper- and middle-classes in
the United States.
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members: los integrantes; have incomes of at least: tienen ingresos de por lo menos; tax us more, we can take it: grávennos más, podemos afrontarlo; growing gap: brecha creciente; |
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The group supports President Obama’s plan to raise taxes on rich
Americans as part of a
budget agreement to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”
If an agreement is not
reached by the end of this year, taxes will go up for
most Americans, and
federal spending
will go down sharply. President Obama says the country
can avoid that if
Republicans agree to
raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. ”When it comes to the top two percent, what I’m not going to do is to extend
further a tax cut for folks who don’t need it, which would cost
close to
a
trillion dollars.” |
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as a part of a budget agreement: como parte de un acuerdo presupuestario; if an agreement is not reached: si no se llega a un acuerdo; federal spending: gasto público; will go down sharply: disminuirá considerablemente; can avoid that: puede evitarlo; agree to raise: aceptan aumentar; when it comes to: en lo que respecta a, en cuanto a; folks: personas; close to: aproximado a; a trillion: un billón (la traducción correcta al inglés estadounidense de trillón es quintillion y, en sentido inverso, la traducción correcta del trillion estadounidense al español es billón); |
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But the Speaker of the House of Representatives -- John Boehner, a Republican --
says taxes for wealthy Americans do not have to go up.
”I have outlined a framework for how both parties can work together
to avert the
fiscal cliff without raising tax rates.” |
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do not have to go up: no tienen que incrementarse; outlined a framework: diseñado una estructura; to avert: para esquivar, para evitar; without raising: sin aumentar; |
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The Patriotic Millionaires believe their taxes
need to be raised. They also do
not agree with the idea that increasing taxes on those who create jobs
means
fewer jobs will be created. T.J. Zlotnitsky is the
head of iControl Systems, a
data management company. |
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need to be raised: necesitan ser aumentados; means fewer jobs: significa que menos puestos de trabajo; head: director; |
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”When I make a decision about whether or not I’m going
to hire people to
help
grow my business, I make those decisions strictly
on the basis of whether the
company needs them, whether the customers demand them,
whether doing so would
grow the business. In terms of my own personal tax rates, that never
factors
in.” |
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to hire people: a contratar personas; help grow: ayudar a desarrollar mi negocio; on the basis of: basándome en si; the customers demand them: los clientes los requieren; whether doing so: si hacerlo de ese modo; factors in: afecta, se incluye; |
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The group says increasing taxes
on middle-class Americans -- but not on rich
Americans -- would be bad for the economy. Frank Patitucci is the chief of
NuCompass Mobility. |
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on middle-class Americans: en los norteamericanos de clase media; woud be bad for the economy: sería negativo para la economía; |
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”It is especially important about the middle class. If you lose the middle class,
you’re losing customers. So a strong middle class
that’s helped by a fair tax
system leads to long-term to a
healthy economy.” |
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you're losing customers: pierdes clientes; that's helped by a fair tax system: que es ayudada por un sistema impositivo equilibrado (justo); leads to long-term: conduce a largo plazo; healthy: sana, saludable; |
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"Patriotic Millionaires" has more than two hundred members across the country.
Members of the group work in finance, entertainment, technology and other areas. |
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two hundred members: doscientos asociados o integrantes. |
