The only deficit-reduction measure with significant support was cuts in public-employee pensions — and even there the public was evenly divided.

唯一支持率比较高的赤字减少措施是削减公共雇员养老金，即便是这样，公众的支持与反对意见也是相当的。

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Pensions were once paid by enterprises, but in 1997, a national system was introduced with "individual accounts" that hold retirement contributions from both employer and employee.

以前退休金是企业一次性付清，但是在1997年，国家体系引入了“个人账户”，这意味着退休金是由雇员和雇主共同出资组成。

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Partly by raiding funds reserved for poor, backward castes and public employee pensions.

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Republicans would like to use the crisis to cut transfer payments and government employee pensions and benefits way back.

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You get the sense that the public debate is turning when even the Chron grumbles about the size of public employee pensions.

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