Incumbent officeholders are difficult to defeat at the polls.

现任官员很难在选举中被击败。

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The two principal officeholders wield enormous power.

这两个主要官员掌握着巨大的权力。

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Yet whenever any effort is made to cut down the number of unnecessary officeholders the cry is certain to be raised that this action is "deflationary."

然而，无论什么时候，只要做出一些努力去裁减多余的公务员，就一定会遭到极力反对，说这种举动是“通货紧缩的”。

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These dues often go to partisan politics that benefit officeholders and regulators not necessarily union members.

FORBES: Union Dues Are A Prohibitively Bad Investment

Could it be because officeholders keep dishing out increasing amounts of public money to citizens and corporations?

FORBES: Buying Votes By Selling Public Office

Addressing the officeholders, Mulqueen said, that their "dirt nap is coming very soon, " according to the document.

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