Some spending has gone up a little bit as a proportion of GDP ... But it worked. It did work. You cut the taxes... But it then fell apart in 2001.

尽管有些支出，按GDP的比例有过小幅增长,但毕竟奏效了，事实摆在那里，先减税。,但好景不长，到2001年就不行了。

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In the first example, maybe your mother has been spending a week with you.

在第一句例句中，可能你的母亲陪着你花了一周的时间，

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And nobody knows, nobody believes that we can cut spending, right? -Somebody down the road has to pay the bills Somebody down the road has to pay the bills, either by cutting spending, cutting benefits or raising taxes.

而几乎没人相信,政府能够成功节流，不是吗？，-那总得,有人来埋单啊,迟早要有人来为此埋单的，要么精简政府开支，削减福利，要么增税。

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