And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply cannot afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

如果我们真的关心我们的赤字，我们就不能允许永久延长有关2%最富裕美国人的减税法案。

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And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply can't afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.

如果我们真的关心我们的赤字，我们就不能允许永久延长有关2%最富裕美国人的减税法案。

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But a large part of the tax cuts, especially those for the wealthy, would not be spent, so the tax-cut extension increases the budget deficit a lot while doing little to reduce unemployment.

但是减税的一大部分，特别是对富人的减税，则不会成为开支。因此，延长减税政策大大加重的预算赤字，而对减少失业却几乎没有作用。

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Athens continues to negotiate with the Troika to get a 2-year extension for its deficit targets, but reports surfaced indicating Troika estimates for Greek debt-to-GDP were raised to 179.7% in this year and 181.3% in 2013.

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And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply cannot afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

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Or will they seek deficit spending as they did on the unemployment benefit extension bill?

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