But if you are going to make them permanent ? where are you gonna cut spending?

然而，一旦决定长期减税,又如何才能削减财政支出呢？

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The incentive in Washington is such that it's virtually impossible to cut spending unless you can go to the voters " and say "We don't have the money."

政府的机制就是这样,削减财政开支，几乎不可能,除非你有勇气对选民说,“政府没钱了“

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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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.. But McCain is, McCain wants to increase... What you are saying effectively is the next president must raise taxes in a massive way Because you are saying you can only cut taxes if you cut spending.

然而麦凯恩想要增加。,那照你的意思,下届政府必须大幅增税了，毫无悬念,因为你说一旦减税,就必须跟着精简开支。

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And the best studies that I've seen suggest that government spending was cut by at most 30 cents.

然而，据权威研究显示,实际上，当时政府支出减少了不过30美分。

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and he started with the position that you ought to cut taxes but only where you can find offsetting cuts and government spending.

最开始，他的观点是,减税是正道,但必须先想到如何补偿这部分损失,如何削减财政支出。

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I think it's important to get the spending cut too It's very...it's much more difficult to work on the spending in fact but that's essential.

我觉得，同时还应当削减财政支出呢,尽管事实上这个更难做到,但至少这一点至关重要。

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But TEFRA was coupled with a promise by Tip O'Neil and Bob Dole that for every dollar in tax increases government spending would be cut by 3 dollars.

但前提是，欧尼尔和鲍勃·杜尔必须承诺,每增税1美元,政府财政支出须减少3美元。

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Background, George W. Bush increased spending but cut taxes.

背景知识，乔治·W·布什增加了财政支出,同时削减了税率。

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