But one thing is becoming clear: the publicly-funded system, which was put in place after Watergate, is on its last legs.

但是有一件事情是越来越清楚明白的：水门事件后实行的公众集资体系正在走向末路。

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Fully funded system is neutral because this pension system does not change an individual's disposable income in his career.

由于完全基金方式的年金制度不改变个人的生涯可支配收入，因此具有中性。

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It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded civilian research network.

最初它是一个军事通信系统，后来扩展为一个政府资助的民用研究网络。

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Vaccine court is a system where government attorneys defended a government program using government funded science, decided by government judges."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

He adds that,unfortunately, post-Soviet countries, including Russia and Ukraine, have also preserved the Soviet system in which historians are funded by the state, rather than private foundations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

We believe each child, whatever their background, should have access to same opportunities in a state-funded system.

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | In full: George Osborne speech

The first likely benefit of a funded system will come through extra saving.

ECONOMIST: Springing the pay-as-you-go trap

Far from being an alternative to tax hikes or benefit cuts, the shift to a partially pre-funded system entails substantial transitional costs.

ECONOMIST: The perils of privatisation