相比税收上涨，开支削减的损害更小。

Spending cuts do less damage than tax rises.

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首先，将采取大幅开支削减，而并不提高税收。

First, there will be big spending cuts, with no increase in revenue.

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此外，国会将来是否会让开支削减发生也没有保证。

And there is no guarantee that Congress will allow the deal's spending cuts to occur.

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The incentive in Washington is such that it's virtually impossible to cut spending unless you can go to the voters " and say "We don't have the money."

政府的机制就是这样,削减财政开支，几乎不可能,除非你有勇气对选民说,“政府没钱了“

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GDP Furthermore, Reagan reduced spending as a proportion of gross domestic product and Clinton reduced it even further You have a bipartisan achievement which alas in the current circumstances it slips.

另外，里根根据,按比例削减了政府开支,到克林顿执政时，开支进一步减少了,这是两党共同努力的结果,不过可惜如今已不复存在了。

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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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