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不要指望经济困境迅速缓解 No Easy Fix for EconomyPresident-elect Barack Obama, who takes office in just over a week, warned Americans not to expect any quick solutions to their economic woes. In a television interview on Sunday, Mr. Obama sought to dampen public expectations that his $775 billion stimulus plan, with its emphasis on infrastructure, alternative energy, health care and education, would jolt the economy out of recession. 'Whether it's retail sales, manufacturing -- all of the indicators show that we are in the worst recession since the Great Depression,' Mr. Obama told ABC News's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos.' 'And it's going to take some time to fix it.' Even before he is sworn in, Mr. Obama's economic-recovery plan is drawing flak from both sides of the aisle, with some fellow Democrats viewing his proposed business tax cuts as a sellout to Republicans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told CNN's 'Late Edition' that she wants to take immediate steps to repeal President George W. Bush's tax cuts for those earning more than $250,000 a year. 'The sooner they are repealed, the less negative impact they'll have on our deficit,' Ms. Pelosi said. She said the Democrats instead want to steer personal tax cuts to middle-class Americans. There have been suggestions that Mr. Obama prefers to wait until the cuts expire at the end of next year. 'The Obama administration believes that increasing taxes on any Americans at this point may not be the right medicine,' Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), an Obama ally, told CBS's 'Face the Nation.' | 
