Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America's government-backed mortgage behemoths, will fill part of that hole.

美国的两大国有抵押贷款巨擎——房利美(Fannie Mae)和房贷美(Freddie Mac)正在填补这一黑洞。

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These tunnels were entered from a carefully concealed hole in the wall or floor of a government worker's house.

地道口都经过巧妙伪装，往往就开在干部住房的墙壁里或地板下。

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So, how deep in the hole is the US state and local government? The truth is, nobody knows. The states report their liabilities in strange ways, often ignoring accounting conventions.

事实是，没有人知道，且美国在报告他们的债务时，以奇怪的方式呈现，他们忽略会计惯例。

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Today, the government controls about ninety-seven percent of all the land in the Jackson Hole area.

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Lots of people like to think of government as a black hole that sucks in tax dollars and allows nothing of value to emerge.

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Banks will be compensated for the resulting hole with government bonds.

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The government can fill the hole by shifting general fund dollars into the system, but this bit of legerdemain is not going to boost confidence in the retirement program.

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