Since late last year, many factory owners have cut working hours and pay by 25 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

And nobody knows, nobody believes that we can cut spending, right? -Somebody down the road has to pay the bills Somebody down the road has to pay the bills, either by cutting spending, cutting benefits or raising taxes.

而几乎没人相信,政府能够成功节流，不是吗？，-那总得,有人来埋单啊,迟早要有人来为此埋单的，要么精简政府开支，削减福利，要么增税。

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The government is telling the seven companies that have received the most federal aid to drastically cut the pay of their 25 highest-paid executives.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"Too many employers cut corners on safety. Too many workers pay the price with their lives."

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

"And,then at each of these points, you can be deceived, and each of the people involved, they take a cut of the fees you have to pay.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Britain's new cabinet agreed to cut the pay of all ministers by five percent, the first step in what is to be a major effort to cut Britain's national deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Earlier this year, police salaries were increased and many are now being paid through bank transfers, so no one is able to take a cut of a policeman's pay before it gets into the hands of the employee.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16