But there's no evidence that industry wants to foot that bill, and the states are already financially strapped.

但是没有证据表明，私人企业打算为此买单，而各州现在已经是财政紧张了。

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That's potentially a huge source of income loss to an already strapped federal government.

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At a time when cities and states are already strapped and our fragile economy needs every small business and working family at full speed, it's the job of our federal government to help.

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But in 2003, in an effort to minimize the federal deficit, the Bush Administration persuaded Congress to shift the full cost of the pensions onto the already strapped USPS and ultimately onto postal patrons.

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