接着,奥巴马年底也勉力与共和党达成了一项协议,削减总额税,增加失业补助。
Then, at the end of the year, Barack Obama struck an agreement with the Republicans to cut payroll taxes and extend unemployment benefits.
要求国会今年秋天进一步增加失业补助金期限的呼声正在高涨,有可能在失业率特别高的洲此期限将再次增加13周。
Calls are rising for Congress to pass yet another extension this fall, possibly adding 13 more weeks of coverage in states with especially high unemployment.
这个方案包括延长失业补贴,增加给穷人的食品补助,和给创造就业的项目的拨款。
The economic stimulus package would have extended unemployment benefits, increased food aid to the poor and funded job-creation programs.
奥巴马还提议增加就业政策的灵活性,例如,对采取减少工时而不是解雇员工的企业,可将失业救济金用做员工的工资补助。
Mr Obama proposes to increase the programme's flexibility. Benefits could be used to supplement wages at businesses that cut hours rather than lay off workers, for instance.
其余是医疗补助计划、失业救济以及其他一些项目增加的开支,这些都是经济低迷时期会自动增加的。
The rest comes from increases in spending on Medicaid, unemployment and other programs that rise automatically in an economic downturn.
隶属德意志银行的DB研究中心的克劳斯注意到,增加对年长失业工人的补助不但无助于鼓励他们再就业而且会促发过早退休。
Offering extended unemployment benefits to older workers discourages them from seeking work and promotes early retirement, notes Klaus Deutsch of DB Research, part of Deutsche Bank.
隶属德意志银行的DB研究中心的克劳斯注意到,增加对年长失业工人的补助不但无助于鼓励他们再就业而且会促发过早退休。
Offering extended unemployment benefits to older workers discourages them from seeking work and promotes early retirement, notes Klaus Deutsch of DB Research, part of Deutsche Bank.
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