美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)奧巴馬卸任后開(kāi)啟“撈金”生涯，他以40萬(wàn)美元（約合276萬(wàn)元人民幣）的高價(jià)接下了一家華爾街投行的演講邀請(qǐng)。據(jù)外媒報(bào)道，美國(guó)共和黨議員怒批奧巴馬“虛偽”，并準(zhǔn)備推動(dòng)國(guó)會(huì)立法削減奧巴馬的退休金。

Congress may seek to cut the pension of Barack Obama following his decision to accept a $400,000 fee for an upcoming speech to Wall Street executives. Republican sponsors of the bill have said they will revive the legislation。

 

Congress may seek to cut the pension of Barack Obama following his decision to accept a $400,000 fee for an upcoming speech to Wall Street executives.

美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)可能試圖削減奧巴馬的退休金。因?yàn)樗麑⒁?0萬(wàn)美元（約合276萬(wàn)元人民幣）的出場(chǎng)費(fèi)給華爾街高管們做演講。

 

During his time in the White House, Mr Obama vetoed a bill that would have capped the retirement funds of former presidents should they accept large sums of outside income.

在就職總統(tǒng)期間，奧巴馬否決了一項(xiàng)法案，該法案規(guī)定，如果前總統(tǒng)賺取高額的外部收入，那么將限制他們的退休金。

 

Now that Mr Obama himself meets those criteria, Republican sponsors of the bill have said they will revive the legislation and hope that President Donald Trump signs it into law.

現(xiàn)在奧巴馬本人就屬于這種情況，發(fā)起該法案的共和黨人稱，他們將恢復(fù)這則法規(guī)，并希望特朗普總統(tǒng)簽署生效。

 

"The Obama hypocrisy on this issue is revealing," Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and sponsor of the 2016 bill told USA Today. "His veto was very self-serving."

眾議院監(jiān)督與政府改革委員會(huì)主席杰森•查菲茨2016年發(fā)起該法案，他告訴《今日美國(guó)》：“在這件事情上，奧巴馬的虛偽面目已經(jīng)暴露出來(lái)。他否決法案是極其自私的表現(xiàn)。”

 

Mr Chaffetz, and Jodi Ernst, a Republican senator from Iowa, who sponsored the companion bill in the Senate, have announced that they will re-introduce the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act this month.

查菲茨和愛(ài)荷華州共和黨參議員喬迪•恩斯特宣布，他們本月將再次向國(guó)會(huì)提交《總統(tǒng)津貼現(xiàn)代化法案》。喬迪•恩斯特在參議院發(fā)起了配套法案。

 

The bill would caps presidential pensions at $200,000, plus the same for expenses. But those payments would be reduced dollar-for-dollar once their outside income exceeds $400,000.

《總統(tǒng)津貼現(xiàn)代化法案》將總統(tǒng)的退休金設(shè)定為20萬(wàn)美元（約合138萬(wàn)元人民幣），另外20萬(wàn)美元為開(kāi)支費(fèi)。不過(guò)，如果總統(tǒng)退休后賺取的額外收入超過(guò)40萬(wàn)美元，就要按超出部分扣減其退休金和開(kāi)支費(fèi)。

 

When it was first introduced last year, Mr Obama vetoed the legislation on the basis that it would force former presidents to fire their support staff. Mr Obama said that capping the expenses at this amount would cripple the initiatives of several former presidents, forcing them to lay off staff, and cancel office leases.

 

去年該法案被首次提出時(shí)，奧巴馬以法案將使前總統(tǒng)被迫解雇其勤雜人員為由予以否決。奧巴馬稱，將支出限制在這一金額將削弱幾位前總統(tǒng)的主動(dòng)權(quán)，迫使他們裁員，撤銷辦公室租約。

 

Mr Trump has not commented on the legislation. But during the campaign, he said he'd take a close look at pensions for elected officials.

特朗普尚未對(duì)上述法案發(fā)表意見(jiàn)。但在競(jìng)選期間，他曾表示將會(huì)密切關(guān)注民選官員的退休金問(wèn)題。

 

Mr Obama and Michelle, his wife, have already signed a publishing deal for two separate books that combined is worth $65 million according to the Financial Times.

據(jù)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道，奧巴馬和米歇爾已經(jīng)簽下了兩本書(shū)的出版協(xié)議，總價(jià)值為6500萬(wàn)美元。

 

A spokesman for Mr Obama dismissed the idea that in accepting the fee Mr Obama was compromising his principles.

奧巴馬的發(fā)言人對(duì)奧巴馬違背原則收取費(fèi)用的說(shuō)法進(jìn)行了反駁。

 

"As we announced months ago, President Obama will deliver speeches from time to time," Eric Schultz, a senior adviser to Obama, said in a statement Wednesday.

奧巴馬的高級(jí)顧問(wèn)埃里克•舒爾茨在3日發(fā)聲明稱：“正如我們幾個(gè)月前宣布的那樣，奧巴馬總統(tǒng)將不時(shí)發(fā)表演講。”

 

"Some of those speeches will be paid, some will be unpaid, and regardless of venue or sponsor, President Obama will be true to his values, his vision, and his record."

“有些演講是有償?shù)?，有些將是無(wú)償?shù)?，無(wú)論在哪里，無(wú)論贊助商是誰(shuí)，奧巴馬總統(tǒng)都將忠于他的價(jià)值觀、視野和經(jīng)歷。”

 

"With regard to this or any speech involving Wall Street sponsors, I'd just point out that in 2008, Barack Obama raised more money from Wall Street than any candidate in history -- and still went on to successfully pass and implement the toughest reforms on Wall Street since Franklin D Roosevelt," he added.

“關(guān)于任何華爾街資助的演講，我只想說(shuō)，2008年，奧巴馬從華爾街拉到了有史以來(lái)最高的候選人贊助金，而他還成功對(duì)華爾街實(shí)施了自美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)富蘭克林•D•羅瑟夫以來(lái)最嚴(yán)厲的改革。”