If they did, they would not play politics with the vote to raise the country's debt ceiling; they would also agree to raise taxes or just repeal the Bush-era tax cuts.

如果他们相信，他们就不会玩弄权术，投票支持提高国债上限，他们也同意提高税负或者废除布什时期的减税政策。

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Financial fair play means clubs not getting into a spiral of debt to compete with their rivals but rather competing with their own means, ie the resources they generate.

财政上的公平竞争还意味着俱乐部不能与竞争对手有债务瓜葛，而只能凭借自身条件竞争，比如通过自己创造的资源条件等。

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His plan served as a sharp counterpoint to Republican lawmakers, who have insisted that tax increases should play no part in taming the nation's escalating national debt.

他的计划充当了与共和党立法者对立的反调，共和党立法者坚持税收增加对国家日益增长的债务不起任何作用。

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In 2007 an official report on making Mumbai a global financial centre a work of great imagination identified nit-picking and suspicion of foreign financiers (who are welcome to buy shares in India but not to play in debt markets) as a big problem.

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After a week of complacency, it seems like more market participants are now coming to the realization that the politicians in Washington are stupid enough to play with the debt ceiling.

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He gave a stern warning that they were not to play games with the debt limit - America would pay the bills it had racked up.

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