I'm using my credit card, I run up a debt that I can't handle.

然后靠信用卡来维持生活，结果负债累累，而我根本还不起。

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I try to get by with what I receive and what I earn.

我努力用我的所得来维持生活。

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And he argues that indigent citizens, who are unable to provide for themselves, should not be forced to rely simply upon the private charity of individuals but should be maintained at public expense.

对于那些因贫困而无法养活自己的人，他却认为不能让他们，完全依靠私人的慈善救济过活,而应当用国家公共支出,建立相应的保障来维持他们的生活。

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