Both plans would have cut the deficit by roughly $4 trillion over the next decade, enough to put the debt on a downward path relative to GDP.

这两个计划表方案都要求在未来十年削减大约4万亿的赤字，对比GDP的比例，已经足够使债务呈现一个下降趋势。

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Loans for first-time buyers were on a downward path well before the crisis, because of high house prices.

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Darin Newsom, DTN senior analyst noted the downward path is picking up speed.

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Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path.

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