政府坚持认为“关押有效”，并计划对暴力犯罪者实行更严厉的判刑政策。

The government insists that 'prison works' and plans to introduce a tougher sentencing policy for people convicted of violent crime.

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许多政策制定者坚持认为，消费者支出是一个强大的经济催化剂，因此，零售商店稀缺是经济表现不佳的一个促成因素。

Many policy makers insist that consumer spending is a strong economic catalyst and, therefore, a paucity of retail stores is a contributing factor to low-performing economies.

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然而，一些政府的决策者坚持认为，在不采取紧缩的货币和财政政策的情况下，直接控制工资和价格能够成功地降低通胀。

Nevertheless, some governments' policymakers insist that direct controls on wages and prices, without tight monetary and fiscal policies, can succeed in decreasing inflation.

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I think the only way we can stand for our values is to have a policy consistent with those values.

我认为我们唯一能坚持我们价值观的方法是,制定一套与这些价值观相统一的政策。

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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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