经济学家们也在呼吁增加社会福利开支，鼓励多消费少存款。

Economists are also urging increased spending on social welfare to encourage consumers to save less and spend more.

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20世纪80年代，罗纳德·里根在与苏联抗争的同时为富人削减税收，破坏了团结并减少了社会福利开支。

In the 1980s Ronald Reagan battled the Soviet union while also reducing taxes for the wealthy, destroying unions and rolling back social welfare payments.

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21世纪头10年，当共和党上一次完全控制了国会时，他们除了减免税收外一无是处，并且还增加了社会福利开支。

When the Republicans last had full control, in the 2000s, they cut nothing except taxes, and added to entitlements.

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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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