Max Baucus heads the Senate Finance Committee "The time has come for action and we will act.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

According to a time-honored tradition in finance, it says that it's a promise to pay $1, but it's not worth $1 today.

由于资金有时间价值,他说他承诺支付一美元,但在此时此刻它并不值一美元

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So it's a very interesting time in finance.

所以现在是金融史上一段非常有趣的时期

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