"None of these savings by themselves are going to solve our long-term fiscal problems.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The other threat is eonomic, and all the economic issues are tied in my judgement, to the same core problem which is the long-term fiscal challenge that this country faces.

另一个威胁是经济方面的，我认为所有的经济问题,都和一个核心的问题分不开,就是我们国家面临的,长期财政挑战。

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The long-term fiscal challenge is largely a product of promises in our entitlement programs, medicare, medicate and social security that we have made the future generations that we cannot afford to keep.

长期财政挑战很大一部分原因,是我们承诺了很多津贴项目，我们承诺给下一代的,医疗保险和社会保险,而现在我们又没法兑现。

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First growth,though. Without growth you cannot fix those long-term fiscal problems,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

on a path to long-term, sustainable fiscal health. But he told reporters that achieving another objective, cutting the deficit in half as a percentage of gross domestic product within five years, would require "modifications,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.24