By that standard, the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission, whose work is now being treated as if it were the gold standard of fiscal seriousness, was in fact deeply unserious.

按照这种标准，辛普森—鲍勒斯(the Simpson - Bowles)赤字委员会事实上根本不严肃认真，而现在该委员会的工作却被认作对财政问题认真负责的黄金标准。

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So we should add to the roster of fundamentally unserious people anyone who talks about the deficit - as most of our prominent deficit scolds do - - as if it were purely a spending issue.

因此，我们应该在根本不负责任的人的花名册上加上所有谈论赤字的人——就像大部分我们的训斥赤字的人所做的那样——好像纯粹是一件开支问题。

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So we should add to the roster of fundamentally unserious people anyone who talks about the deficit - as most of our prominent deficit scolds do - - as if it were purely a spending issue.

因此，我们应该在根本不负责任的人的花名册上加上所有谈论赤字的人——就像大部分我们的训斥赤字的人所做的那样——好像纯粹是一件开支问题。

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