在一般情况下，工资补助会引起反对，但在信用危机这就成了对财政资源精明的运用。
In normal times, wage subsidies would be frowned upon. But in a credit crunch they can be a smart use of fiscal resources.
一般而言，有两个办法可以使失业人员重新走上工作岗位：一个是使那些依靠失业补助的人的生活不再舒适安逸；
There are, broadly speaking, two ways to get the jobless into work. One is to make life on benefits uncomfortable or precarious;
如果估量整个公交车车队，那么这对资金短缺的交通部门来讲将节省一笔巨大开支。一般来讲，交通部门依靠联邦补助来购买车辆。
Measured across a fleet of buses, that's a tremendous savings for cash-strapped transit authorities, which generally rely upon federal assistance to buy vehicles.
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