Just to keep up America's existing combat units, he notes, costs 2-3% more each year. But the annual budget is rising by only 1-2%.

他指出，光是维持美国现有的作战单位，每年都会比前一年多花费2% - 3%，而每年预算的增长率却仅为1% - 2%。

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In 2010, she notes, the nine states that ban the practice altogether had budget shortfalls of 25% on average, compared to 24% in the 14 states that allow it for all public-sector employees.

她指出，2010年有9个州废除集体谈判权，这9个州共有平均25%的预算短缺，相比有公共部门雇员的14个州24%的预算短缺。

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He notes that Greece and Ireland were given until 2014 to cut their budget deficits to 3%, a year longer than Portugal.

他指出，希腊和爱尔兰被要求到2014时削减它们的预算赤字至3%，比葡萄牙延后了一年时间。

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But Thomas Kahn, the top staffer on the House Budget Committee, notes that some legislators worry that such mechanisms undermine the democratic process by limiting the opportunity for amendment and debate.

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He notes that in the coming budget crunch, municipalities will likely stiff insurers or bondholders before firing employees.

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The city, he notes, has a balanced budget with conservative estimates of future revenue that are not dependent on growth in real estate taxes or land sales.

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