Mr Obama has suggested extending a cut in employees' Social Security tax, enacted in December, but most of his, and Republicans', attention is now given to cutting the budget deficit.

奥巴马先生已经建议延长十二月颁布的雇员社会安全税的削减，但他和共和党人最多的注意力集中在削减预算赤字。

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But there is a sweetener regarding Social Security (state pensions) : any savings made from that programme would go towards shoring up its parlous finances, rather than paying down the deficit.

但是在社会安全(国家养老金)方面倒是有些甜头的：由此项目节约出的任何资金都将用于巩固岌岌可危的财政，而不是为赤字买单。

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Rather, it is designed to be unpalatable, to spur responsible, balanced deficit reduction and avoid misguided cuts to our security.

宁愿，这样做只是为了让人不爽，为了激励责任心，平衡赤字缩减以及避免错误地削减了我们的安全。

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What worries you about America today, terrorism, wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, economy, the deficit, medicare, social security or America's place in the world, which many say sliping or begining to slip?

今天的美国哪些地方让你担心呢，恐怖主义，对伊拉克和阿富汗战争，经济，赤字，医疗保险，社会保障,还是美国的国际地位，有人称美国的地位正在或开始下滑？

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a financial train wreck between the deficit social security and medical care.

就是社保和医保赤字的烂摊子。

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Thanks to this innovation, over the years the social-security deficit was first checked and then turned into surplus in the three years from 1999.

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We already are at the tipping point: In 2010, Social Security ran a deficit for the first time since the system was overhauled in the 1980s.

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The Kerry camp insisted the senator from Massachusetts has a detailed plan to save Social Security by reducing the deficit and instituting fiscal discipline.

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