You would probably not even think to say, pay me 3% interest plus the rate of inflation over the next year.

你甚至可能根本不会想到说，支付3%的利息外加来年的通货膨胀率。

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It seems to me that the government's hands are rather tied becasue the government has very large deficit, and it's running curly from deficits So something like a third of the governments' revenues in income taxes it takes in go through paid interests on its debt.

好像政府现在,能力有限，因为庞大的赤字,政府也还在尽量避免,赤字情况,政府通过收入所得税',拿到的钱中1/3都,要拿去还政府欠债的利息。

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