If they want to change an item in the budget, they will have to propose equivalent cuts elsewhere.

如果他们想要改变预算中的一个款项，必须得提出其他等值的削减。

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If you're truly horrified by the budget deficit, why not propose tax increases as part of the solution?

如果你真的对预算赤字感到恐惧，为什么不提出提高税收作为解决方案的一部分？

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So if you're truly horrified by the budget deficit, why not propose tax increases as part of the solution?

那么，如果真的对预算赤字感到恐惧，为什么不提出提高税收作为解决方案的一部分？

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In the 2011 U.S.federal budget, both NASA and the EPA propose to spend more than $146-million on programs to increase student and teacher proficiency in science and technology disciplines.

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The result is that the commission may soon propose mandatory budget cuts in Germany, as a last step before the imposition of fines.

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Only in September did it propose a budget squeeze, including a 5% cut in public-sector pay, of the kind that Ireland, Greece and Spain pushed through months ago.

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But, look, it is not an inconsequential deal to propose a budget that cuts as substantially as it does in targeted areas so that the federal government lives within its means in order to be able to continue to invest in the future, because you have to have economic growth, you have to have job creation if we're going to address this overall long-term problem.

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