2011年，美国国债约为15万亿美元，美国财政部支付的利息超过4500亿美元。华盛顿当时在凭空印钞，靠花钱化解又一场金融危机，还通过《平价医疗法案》向医疗保险公司发放由纳税人出资的全新补贴。当时就很清楚，如此规模的支出不可持续。
In 2011, our national debt was about $15 trillion, and the U.S. Treasury spent over $450 billion on interest. Washington was printing money it didn’t have, buying its way out of yet another financial crisis and sending brand-new, taxpayer-funded subsidies to health insurance companies through Obamacare. It was clear then that this massive level of spending was not sustainable.
正是在赤字支出急剧膨胀的之际，新一代保守派领导人——我本人也在其中——带着美国人民的明确授权走进国会，力求恢复财政理性与经济自由。我放下自己的医疗工作去竞选公职，因为我不愿让我们的子孙后代被不负责任的政客拖到破产。
It was in this moment of explosive deficit spending that a new generation of conservative leaders—myself included—rode into Congress on a mandate from the American people to restore fiscal sanity and financial freedom. I left my medical practice to stand for public office because I would not let our children and grandchildren be bankrupted by reckless politicians.
争取财政责任制的斗争仍在继续，我计划在今年晚些时候推动对我最新的平衡预算方案“六便士计划”进行表决。
The fight for fiscal responsibility continues, and I plan to force a vote on my latest balanced budget proposal—the Six Penny Plan—later this year.
共和党财政鹰派就“失控”的联邦支出拉响警报，称“两党都让我们失望”。但我很遗憾地告诉你们，国会已经完全迷失了方向。
GOP FISCAL HAWK SOUNDS ALARM ON 'OUT OF CONTROL' FEDERAL SPENDING, SAYING 'BOTH PARTIES HAVE FAILED US' But I regret to inform you that Congress has completely lost the plot.
如今，美国国债已突破40万亿美元。国会每年支付的利息超过1万亿美元，比国防支出还多。这笔巨额债务正在推高利率和通胀，伤害每一个美国人。这就像一盏不断闪烁的红色警示灯——亮眼刺目，红得就像我们预算文件上的油墨。
The national debt has now surpassed $40 trillion. Congress now spends over $1 trillion on interest every year. Congress spends more on interest than on national defense. This enormous debt is contributing to rising interest rates and inflation, hurting every American. It’s a blinking red warning light—just as bright and red as the ink on our budget documents.
国会如何应对这颗不断膨胀的财政炸弹？答案仍是老一套。国会今年夏初通过了一项延续决议，以维持现状，并将在年底前就再次延期展开辩论。
Congress’ answer to this growing fiscal bomb? More of the same. Congress passed a continuing resolution earlier this summer to extend the status quo and will debate another extension before the end of this year.
好消息是，事情不必如此。今年晚些时候，国会审议政府拨款时，可以通过我的“六便士计划”，在五年内实现预算平衡。
The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. When Congress takes up government funding later this year, it can pass my Six Penny Plan, which will balance the budget within five years.
50万亿美元的债务并非遥远威胁。美国正飞速走向这一深渊。任何人都不可能在投票反对唯一提交表决的平衡预算时，还声称自己支持平衡预算。不要再开空头支票，不要再找借口，不要再耍花招。
$50 TRILLION IN DEBT IS NOT A DISTANT THREAT. AMERICA IS SPEEDING TOWARDS IT No one can say he or she supports a balanced budget while voting against the only balanced budget that came up for a vote. No more empty promises. No more excuses. No more games.
“六便士计划”并未规定必须削减哪些具体项目或预算类别，甚至明确将社会保障排除在削减范围之外。“六便士计划”只是设定了一个最高支出水平。国会在这一上限内如何安排，仍可讨论。这份预算反映了许多美国人在人生不同阶段都会面对的基本优先事项问题，无论是因意外开销还是收入中断：哪些开支国会可以保留，哪些可以削减？根据“六便士计划”，国会需要在连续五年中每年削减6%的支出。五年之后，一旦预算实现平衡，支出就可以随着经济增长带来的新增收入而增加。
The Six Penny Plan doesn’t prescribe any particular program or budget category to be cut—it even specifically exempts Social Security from cuts. The Six Penny Plan simply sets a maximum spending level. What Congress wants to do within that maximum is up for debate. This budget reflects the basic questions of priorities many Americans have confronted at different points in their lives, whether because of unexpected expenses or a loss of income: Which expenses can Congress keep, and which can Congress cut? Under the Six Penny Plan, Congress needs to find a six percent cut each year for five years. After that, once the budget is balanced, spending can increase based on the additional revenue from economic growth.
华盛顿正把美国推向无法再忽视的债务危机。值得注意的是，2018年我首次提出后来被称为“便士计划”的方案时，国会其实无须寻找任何削减项目，只需在支出冻结的框架内运作五年即可。国会当时的不作为，只会让如今的任务更加艰难。
WASHINGTON IS DRIVING AMERICA TOWARD A DEBT CRISIS WE CAN'T IGNORE ANY LONGER Interestingly, when I first proposed what became the Penny Plan in 2018, Congress would not have had to find any cuts, but merely work within a spending freeze for five years. Its inaction then is only making the job harder now.
在随后几年中，它先是要求削减1%的“便士计划”，后来变成了要求削减若干便士的“便士们计划”，如今则成为“六便士计划”，因为它要求我们从每一美元中省出六美分。
In subsequent years, it became the Penny Plan when it required a one percent cut, then it became the "Pennies Plan," and today it is the Six Penny Plan because it requires us to find six pennies out of every dollar.
国会支出7万亿美元。只需看看100美元的这笔账就知道这是怎么一回事。长期以来，把问题往后拖一直是国会的惯用做法。议员们一直把债务当成别人的问题，留待未来某个日子再处理。然而，未来已经到了。国会每无所作为一年，就只会给债务炸弹火上浇油，并增加日后发生更大爆炸的风险。
CONGRESS SPENDS $7 TRILLION. HERE’S HOW THAT MATH WORKS OUT IF YOU THINK OF JUST $100 Kicking the can down the road has been standard procedure in Congress for too long. Lawmakers have treated the debt like someone else’s problem, to be dealt with some other day in the future. Well, the future has arrived. Every year that Congress does nothing only adds fuel to the debt bomb and increases the risk of a bigger explosion down the road.
现在也是时候把在债务问题上的不作为说清楚了：这相当于投票提高每个人所承受的隐性通胀税；蓄意任由通胀摧毁我们的生活水平。不作为不可接受。
It’s also time to call inaction on the debt what it is: a vote to increase the hidden inflation tax on everyone; a willful decision to let inflation wreak havoc on our cost of living. Inaction is unacceptable.
：“六便士计划”正是解决办法。好消息是，该计划在2024年和2025年接受表决时，均得到了多数联邦参议院共和党人的支持。预算决议只需过半数即可通过，无需达到超级多数，因此联邦参议院共和党人的票数足以让“六便士计划”获得通过。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The Six Penny Plan is the answer. The good news is that, when it was voted on in 2024 and 2025, the Six Penny Plan was supported by a majority of Senate Republicans. Because a budget resolution needs only a majority vote to pass, rather than a supermajority, Senate Republicans have the numbers to pass the Six Penny Plan.
换句话说，行动的时刻到了。“六便士计划”获得的支持不断增加，票数应该已经足够。让我们表明，保守派言行一致，能够兑现实现预算平衡的承诺。让我们通过“六便士计划”。
In other words, this is the moment. Support for the Six Penny Plan has been building, and there should be enough votes. Let’s show that conservatives mean what we say and can follow through on our promises to balance the budget. Let’s pass the Six Penny Plan.