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美迎最“烧钱”大选 奥巴马筹资额为罗姆尼5倍
2012年03月12日 11:16:28
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　　“超级政治行动委员会”的来龙去脉

　　2012年，美国迎来史上最烧钱大选。美国媒体估计，今年有美国总统选举的总体花费将达到创纪录的60亿美元。这个数额比东非国家卢旺达一年的国民生产总值还要高。为了赢得选举，美国总统参选人正在通过所谓的“超级政治行动委员会”之名疯狂筹资。

　　美国法律曾有规定，为了防止富人操控总统选举，个人向总统竞选人捐款的上限为2500美元。不过，这个限额早已成“老黄历”。2010年，美国联邦最高法院就公民联合组织诉联邦选举委员会一案作出的终审裁决称，政治捐助是言论自由的一种表达方式，它不仅涉及个人捐款，同时包括所有企业、利益团体或工会组织。这项决议意味着，企业和团体只要不把钱直接给候选人，而是把资金用于各项支持候选人的活动上，就可以无上限的使用金钱支持选举。仅几个月后，另一场官司的判决让独立的组织也获得了同样的权利。只要不直接跟竞选人有协定，这些组织就可以无限制地用金钱举办支持候选人的活动。这直接导致了

　　伴随这一判决，旨在为竞选融资的"超级政治行动委员会"应运而生。这种超级委员会可以无限额地接受捐款，无限额地为特定总统竞选人助选。这些委员会可以为政治竞选活动筹集和投入无限数目的资金，只要这些资金的开支用途不是由政治候选人协调的就可以。在今年的总统大选中，新的捐款限额没有上限。这意味着富人在本届大选中的决定性力量前所未有。媒体评论说，美国法律最近的变化意味着少数富有美国人可能正在通过使用筹集的数以万计的美元控制美国的总统竞选。

　　“超级政治行动委员会”成了大选摇钱树

　　据美国媒体报道，仅在初选期间，最突出的300多个超级政治行动委员会已经募捐超过1.12亿美元的资助，这还是在初选阶段，多数大型企业、游说组织和工会现在都静观其变，要等到奥巴马和共和党候选人最后的决战阶段才肯出手。

　　日前，共和党两位主要总统参选人的“超级政治活动委员会”公布了它们筹集到的竞选资金。最新数字显示，共和党参选人领先者罗姆尼的"超级政治行动委员会"叫做“重建我们的未来”，在去年7月到12月期间筹集了将近1800万美元。今年以来，这个支持罗姆尼的政治活动委员会筹得3000万美元，已经花费了1700多万美元。这个组织的大部分资金来自于少数几个富有的捐款人，其中有四人每人捐款100万美元。

　　与此同时，支持罗姆尼主要共和党竞选对手金里奇的“超级政治行动委员会”——“赢得我们的未来”宣布，该组织筹集的资金超过1200万美元，其中包括1月份收到一个拉斯维加斯赌场大亨阿德尔森和他妻子提供的每人500万美元，共计1000万美元的捐款。这是美国历史上最大的单笔政治捐款。金里奇的这个组织已经花费了900万美元。

　　另外两名共和党总统参选人得到的捐款相对少一些。脸书(Facebook)的投资人蒂尔赞助了保罗的超级政治行动委员会260万美元。福斯特·弗里斯投入了100万给桑托勒姆的超级政治行动委员会。

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美迎最“烧钱”大选 奥巴马筹资额为罗姆尼5倍
2012年03月12日 11:16:28
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　　奥巴马也有“超级政治行动委员会”

　　民主党籍总统奥巴马的“超级政治行动委员会”名为“优先美国行动”。支持奥巴马的超级政治活动委员会去年在不设上限的政治捐款活动中筹集了略高于420万美元资金。最大一笔为200万美元，来自好莱坞富商卡辛堡，截止去年12月31日银行账户上有150万美元。据统计，支持罗姆尼的超级政治活动委员会筹集到的资金超过了支持奥巴马的超级政治活动委员会筹集的资金。

　　在任总统奥巴马对“超级政治行动委员会”的态度发生了180度的变化。他早前曾公开谴责过此制度，称其实质是企业与富豪争取政治影响力的手段。奥巴马2010年发表国情咨文时还曾在演讲中批评最高法院关于“超级政治行动委员会”的新判决，称他不赞同美国选举被最强大的利益集团左右，当时他对坐在前排的最高法院大法官称，他们的裁决将开启特殊利益集团牟利的闸门。

　　但是现在，奥巴马的态度发生了变化，他还表示将派白宫和内阁官员参与选举筹款集会，他的阵营也在用同样的办法为竞选揽钱。批评家认为，奥巴马为了选举而巴结富豪，态度反常而又相当虚伪。而在个人捐款方面，奥巴马筹集到的1.5亿美元轻松打败所有共和党参选人，金额几乎是罗姆尼的五倍。奥巴马的竞选资金仍独占鳌头。 (老任)


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America welcome to the "burn" the general election Obama fund-raising $ Romney five times
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Super ins and outs of the political action committee

In 2012, the United States ushered in the election of the most burn. The U.S. media is estimated that the overall spending of the U.S. presidential election will reach a record $ 60 billion this year. This amount is even higher than the East African country of Rwanda year's gross national product. In order to win the election, U.S. presidential candidates are the so-called "super political action committee" crazy financing.

The laws of the United States had provisions in order to prevent the rich manipulation of presidential elections, individual contributions to presidential candidates a maximum of $ 2500. However, this limit has long been "edgy". In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court case of citizens, organized jointly v. Federal Election Commission made a final ruling that political contributions are an expression of freedom of speech, which involves not only individual donations, including all businesses, interest groups or trade union organizations . This resolution means that as long as companies and organizations do not put the money directly to candidates, but the funds for the support of a candidate's activities, you can use unlimited money to support the election. Only a few months later, another lawsuit judgment of the independent organization also received the same rights. They do not directly with the candidates agreed, these organizations can be unlimited money to organize activities to support the candidate. This led directly to the

Along with this judgment, the "super political action committee aimed at financing for the campaign came into being. This super committee can be no limit to accept donations, no limit for a particular presidential candidate electioneering. These committees could be raised for political campaigns and put into an infinite number of funds, as long as the purpose of the expenditure of these funds are not coordinated by a political candidate. In this year's presidential election, the new donation limits there is no upper limit. This means that the decisive power of the rich in this election than ever before. The media have commented that the recent changes in U.S. law means that the small number of wealthy Americans may be raised through the use of tens of thousands of dollars to control the presidential election in the United States.

"Super political action committee" has become the general election cash cow

According to U.S. media reports, only during the primaries, the most prominent of more than 300 super political action committee fund-raising more than $ 112 million, or primary stage, the majority of large enterprises, lobbying organizations and trade unions now have to wait before they agree to wait until the final decisive stage of Barack Obama and Republican candidate shot.

Recently, the two major presidential candidates in the Republican Party "super political action committee announced they are to raise campaign funds. The latest figures show that the leader of the Republican candidate Mitt Romney's "super political action committee" called "to rebuild our future," raised nearly $ 18 million in the period from July to December last year. Since the beginning of this year, this support Romney's political action committee raised $ 30 million, has spent more than 17 million U.S. dollars. Most of the funds come from a handful of wealthy donors, of which there are four people each donated one million U.S. dollars.

At the same time, support for Gingrich, Romney main Republican opponent "super political action committee" - "to win our future," announced the organization to raise funds more than 12 million U.S. dollars, including 1 month of receipt of a pull $ 5,000,000 per person provided by the Las Vegas casino 亨阿德尔森 and his wife, for a total donation of $ 10 million. This is the largest single political donation in the history of the United States. Gingrich, the organization has spent 900 million U.S. dollars.

The other two relatively small contributions from the Republican presidential candidate. Facebook (Facebook) investors Mohamad sponsored Paul's super political action committee $ 2.6 million. Foster Vries has invested 100 million dollars to the Santo Haslem's super political action committee.

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America welcome to the "burn" the general election Obama fund-raising $ Romney five times
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Obama also has a "super political action committee."

Democratic President Barack Obama's "super political action committee called" priority action ". Super political action committee supporting Obama last year is no limit on political donations raised just over $ 4.2 million funding. The largest of $ 2.0 million, from Hollywood wealthy Cassin Fort, ended on December 31 last year on the bank account of $ 1.5 million. According to statistics, support Romney super political action committee to raise funds more than support Obama's super political action committee to raise funds.

A 180 degree change in the attitude of president Obama "super political action committee. He had earlier publicly condemned this system, called the essence of the enterprise with rich means to gain political influence. Obama's State of the Union in 2010 also criticized the Supreme Court judgment on the new "super political action committee" in his speech, said he disagreed with the U.S. election is the most powerful interest groups around, he was sitting in the front Supreme Court Justice, said that their ruling will open the floodgates of special interest groups profit.

But now, Obama's attitude has changed, he said to send the White House and Cabinet officials involved in the fundraising event of the election, his camp is to embrace the campaign money the same way. The critics believe that the Obama election curry favor with rich, unusual attitude and quite hypocritical. In individual donations, Obama raised $ 150 million easily beat all the Republican candidates, the amount is almost five times that of Romney. Obama's campaign funds still come out on top. (Old office)

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“奥巴马医改”撕裂美国
2012年03月30日 07:28:45
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　　3月28日，一些美国民众在美国最高法院前打出标语，支持奥巴马的医疗保险改革法。在不远处，茶党人正在临时搭起的讲台前批判该法。记者　吴成良摄

　　3月28日，美国医疗保险改革法违宪案的听证进入到第三天，也是最后一天。美国最高法院内，控辩双方唇枪舌剑，法院外的广场上，支持者和反对派两大阵营对垒，打着标语，高喊口号，不断通过电视台的摄像机传播各自的观点。

　　“我们爱奥巴马医改”，广场上，捍卫医改法的人士伴着非洲鼓敲击声，一边跳舞一边喊着口号，一些人还举着标语“不要否决我的医保”。就在他们旁边，千方百计想推翻奥巴马医改的人们拉出一块大横幅，上面画着一条愤怒的响尾蛇，标语写着“别踩在我身上”，他们的口号是“撤销奥巴马医改”。

　　代表美国极端保守主义的茶党搭起了讲台，演讲者一边演说，一边愤怒地撕毁一沓厚厚的医改法文本。一位神职人员则手捧圣经，带领一群人祷告：“我们祈祷奥巴马回心转意，还美国人民自由。”

　　“奥巴马医改”是美国人对2010年3月由奥巴马主导通过的医疗保险法案的习惯称呼。凭借当时民主党在美国参众两院的多数党地位，这一法案在国会获得通过后由奥巴马签署成为法律。法案的目标是到2014年使美国实现人人有医保，内容包括要求各州扩大针对低收入者医保项目的覆盖面，政府给予低收入者相应补贴等。最具争议的是该法包含的“个人强制”条款，这一条款要求自2014年起，没有获得雇主为其提供的医疗保险，且不被针对低收入者、老年人及残障人士的医保项目，或军人医保等公共医保覆盖的所有美国居民，必须购买医疗保险，否则将被处以罚款。罚款随个人所得税一同征收。

　　目前，美国有3000多万人没有任何形式的医保。“奥巴马医改”的初衷是要让美国实现全民医保。这项法案的通过被视为奥巴马政府最大的立法成果之一。然而，法案通过两年来纷争从未中止。支持者称，医保是基本人权，妇女和儿童权益保护团体也为这一法律拍手叫好。他们为强制医保找到的经济学根据是，医疗保险不适用于一般市场经济规律，属于需要政府介入的“市场失灵”领域。强制医保措施旨在吸纳更多民众，特别是健康人群投保，降低整体保险赔付风险，从而有效降低保险费率。

　　但是，一向对政府的角色持怀疑态度的保守派，强烈反对“奥巴马医改”。他们认为，强制医保条款超越了宪法赋予国会管理经济的权力范围。保险公司和医疗企业等利益集团也因不愿政府介入医保市场而坚决反对医改。2010年中期选举中夺回众议院控制权的共和党誓言将推翻“奥巴马医改”。部分民主党保守人士也担心强制医保会增加政府负担，对医改心存疑虑。

　　“奥巴马医改”通过后，全美相继有26个州出现“医改违宪”诉讼，认为美国宪法没有赋予政府机构强制民众购买医保的权力。去年8月设在亚特兰大的联邦第十一巡回上诉法院曾裁定，“奥巴马医改”违宪，迫使这一案件最终提交最高法院裁决。美国最高法院在连续三天听取辩论之后，预计将于6月底作出判决。

　　最高法院的裁决将决定美国医保是向左转还是继续靠右直行。这场纠纷，其实已经超出司法的范畴，演变为美国一场轰轰烈烈的政治辩论和社会思潮的碰撞。在市场主义与更多的政府干预之间，美国面临着抉择，而这攸关金融危机之后美国经济社会的发展方向。（记者　吴成良）


Obama health care reform "tear the United States
March 30, 2012 Day 07:28:45
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March 28, some of the American people up posters before the U.S. Supreme Court to support Obama's health insurance reform law. Not far away, tea partisan makeshift podium to criticize the law. Reporter Wu Chengliang photo

March 28, U.S. health insurance reform law unconstitutional case hearing into the third day, the final day. The United States Supreme Court, the prosecution and defense raging, and the square outside the court, supporters and the opposition of the two camps confront each other, the name of the banners, shouting slogans, and constantly spread their views through the television cameras.

"We Aiaobama health care reform," Plaza on the people to defend the health reform law, accompanied by African drums percussion, while dancing shouting slogans, some people waved placards "do not reject my health insurance". Beside them, trying so hard to overthrow the Obama health reform people pulled out a large banner painted an angry rattlesnake, slogan reads "Do not step on me," their slogan is "revocation of Obama medical change ".

Extreme conservatism on behalf of the American Tea Party put up the podium, the speaker side of speech, while angrily tore up a pile of medical reform, the French text. A cleric holding a Bible, to lead a group of people to pray: "We pray that Obama's change of heart, but also the American people free."

Obama health care reform "is the title of the habits of Americans, led by Obama in March 2010 by the Health Insurance Act. With the Democratic Party the majority party status in the U.S. House and Senate, this bill through Congress after Obama signed into law. The goal of the bill in 2014, the United States to realize that everyone have health insurance, require states to expand coverage for low-income Medicare project, the Government to give the corresponding low-income subsidies. The most controversial is the "personal force" clause contained in the Act, this provision requires employers to provide health insurance, since 2014, and not for low-income, elderly and disabled Medicare project soldiers Medicare and other public health insurance coverage to all U.S. residents must purchase health insurance, otherwise they will be fined. Fine together with the personal income tax levy.

Currently, the U.S. has more than 30 million people without any form of health insurance. The original intention of the Obama health reform is to make the United States to achieve universal coverage. The passage of the bill is considered one of the greatest legislative achievements of the Obama administration. However, the passage of the bill dispute the past two years has never been suspended. Supporters, health care is a basic human right, women and children advocacy groups applauded for this law. Their compulsory health insurance found in economics, health insurance does not apply to the general rules of market economy, are areas of "market failure" that require government intervention. Mandatory health insurance measures designed to attract more people, especially healthy people insured, reduce the risk of the overall insurance payments, which effectively reduce the premium rate.

Skeptical conservatives, however, has always held the role of the Government strongly opposed the Obama health reform. They believe that the terms of the compulsory health insurance is beyond the scope of the powers of the Constitution gives Congress the economy. Insurance companies and medical companies and other interest groups do not want to government intervention in the health insurance market firmly opposed to the medical reform. To regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 mid-term elections, Republicans vowed to overthrow the Obama health reform. Some Democratic conservatives who are also worried that the mandatory health insurance would increase government doubts about the burden on health reform.

"Obama health care reform" after the passage of the nation after another 26 state health care reform unconstitutional proceedings, that the United States Constitution does not confer the power of government agencies to force people to buy health insurance. Federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta in August last year had ruled that "Obama health care reform" unconstitutional, forced the case will ultimately be submitted to the Supreme Court ruling. After three consecutive days to listen to the debate, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected that judgment will be the end of June.

The Supreme Court's ruling will determine the U.S. health care is to turn left or continue right straight. The dispute, in fact, is beyond the scope of judicial evolution of the collision of a vigorous political debate and social thought. Market 'and more government intervention, the United States faces a choice, it concerns the financial crisis, the economic and social development direction. (Reporter Wucheng Liang)