One consequence is that older EU countries will find themselves footing the bill for clearing it up.

其中的一个后果就是那些老牌欧盟国将会发现自己在为消除困境而买单。

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Taxpayers end up footing the bill for dud loans and the economy underperforms as the flow of finance is misdirected.

纳税人最终则要为那些不良贷款买单。而错误导向的资金流动也使得经济的表现差强人意。

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The way to do so is to come up with simple fixes, that don't run to 2000 pages, that put our financial and fiscal institutions on a sound footing.

这样做的方法就是用简单的修复程序，不必一直到2000年，即建立起健全的金融财政机构。

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At the very least, firms end up footing the bill for two chief-executive-sized pay packets.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

As the government pays for senior citizens' drug costs, it is likely to wind up footing the bill for a large fraction of cancer drugs.

FORBES: Cancer's Cost Crisis

This goodwill gesture masks an ugly reality: Our growing love affair with credit cards, especially rewards cards, carries a real cost for our charities, which wind up footing the bill for our card fees.

WSJ: Getting Going: Is Your Charity Chiseling You?