It's basically slowing down the growth of a lot of these programs.

至少它基本上减缓了,调高税率等相关政策的实施。

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Whatever the proposal is on by anybody, Obama, Clinton or McCain I think it should be consistent And so the question is that ? should you make the tax cuts permanent?

任何提案，不管是谁制定的，奥巴马也好，克林顿或者麦凯恩也罢,我认为都应当坚持实施下去,明确了这一点，那么现在的问题是,减税政策到底是否应该长期实施？

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