社評1223 美國國會即將通過巨額預算

美國國會即將通過巨額預算

在共和及民主兩黨之協商下 ，全國1·7 萬億之總預算即將在參院進行表決後送交眾議院審議， 其中八千八百五十八億是国防支出， 七千七百七十二億是用於有關非國防方面之計劃支出， 在此龐大之預算之中， 包括四百五十億軍援烏克蘭及北約盟國。

這項長達四千頁之預算書預期將在參院審議後立即交給眾議院討論，以避免十二月二十三日政府會關門。

在預算中有四百五十億在於援助烏克蘭抵抗俄羅斯之入侵 ，其中九十億是用於對軍隊之訓練及薪資。

這個龎大之預算預計將會得到民主共和兩黨之支持， 但是也說明美國政府目前處於之窘境， 對歐盟而言， 烏克蘭是一塲輸不起的戰爭。

美國政府之預算逐年不斷増大之中， 而且赤字在在加大之中， 今天在全球造成之通貨膨脹及能源短缺， 固然俄羅斯之入侵烏克蘭是主因， 但是疫情造成之生產失衡供應鍊中斷 全球化停滯及中美貿易戰 ，都造成了世界一片混亂。

二零二二年已近尾聲， 我們寄望未來一年有新的希望新轉機。

Congress Is About To Pass A Huge Budget

Senate leaders unveiled a $1.7 trillion federal government funding bill including $772.5 billion for non-defense discretionary programs and $858 billion in defense funding.

The package also includes $45 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine and NATO allies.

Over the weekend, both Democrats and Republicans were sharing their bottom line on various issues and the White House remained optimistic that agreement could be reached to avoid a government shutdown.

Senate Republicans are saying that Democrats must drop their demand for additional spending on domestic programs in order to get the bill passed by this weekend.

The U.S. government’s budget is increasing year-by-year and the deficit gets bigger and bigger. Today, inflation and energy shortages have been caused around the world. Although Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the main reason, the pandemic also caused an interruption of the global supply chain and negatively affected the relationship between China and the United States, all of which caused chaos all over the entire world.

The year of 2022 is coming to an end. We all hope that there will be new advances towards peace and a new turnaround for the world in the coming new year.