美国“纳税日” 数百城市爆发抗议集会

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4月15日是美国个税申报截止日，当天美国数百个城市爆发有组织的抗议活动，参与的民众对奥巴马政府的税收政策、对金融机构的救援以及高额预算案等表示抗议。美国舆论认为如果这些群众运动持续下去，有可能影响奥巴马各种经济计划的前途。

据《华盛顿时报》报道，奥巴马当天在白宫会见群众时表示，为消除民众对税收政策的不满，新政府已经采取了重要措施以减轻百姓的税收负担。由于经济衰退的影响以及为刺激经济而采取的临时减税政策，美国政府今年的税收收入出现大幅下滑。开始于2007年年底的经济危机目前已经造成美国超过500万人丢掉工作。那些失去工作的人不再缴纳社会保险和医疗保险。另外，经济衰退也使得美国公司的收入减少，各级政府获得工商业所得税的数额与2006年相比下降了超过50%。今年税收只占到美国国家收入总额的28.2%，比2000年的33.6%下降了5.4个百分点。

On the day known to most Americans as tax day, the annual deadline for filing federaling tax returns. President Brack Obama defended his tax policies and promised his administration would rewrite what he called the mon-strous US tax code.

"We’ve passed tax cuts,that will help our economy grow; we’ve made a clear promise, that families that earn less than 250,000 dollars a year will not see their taxes increase by a single dime and we have kept to those promises that were made during the campaign. "

But those promises have not impressed tens of thousands of Americans nationwide, who took part in organized protest known as "Tea Parties", events took place in dozens of cities, including Boston Massachusetts, outside the state capital building in Lansing Michigan, and in Louisville, Kentucky. "Walltown, get out! Rockfeller , get out! JP Morgan, get out!"

In Washington, protestors gathered outside the White House, complaining that the government takes too much from their pocket books.

"I think it’s time to let people know that we are upset with some of the spendings going on, the amount of spending is just unheralded in the history of this country."

"The kid’s futures are probably retirement-wise, we gonna  have to not toretireas early as ,uh, people are today."

The "tea parties" were a rallying cry for many conservatives, who have complaint against what they see as too many government handouts to banks as well as the auto and mortgage industries.