This week President Obama said the obvious: that wealthy Americans, many of whom pay remarkably little in taxes, should bear part of the cost of reducing the long-run budget deficit.

本周，奥巴马统统说了显然易见的事情：美国富人的中许多人交纳的税收少的惊人，所以应该承担削减长期预算得部分成本负担。

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"The cost of renal replacement therapy is still less than 2% of the total budget," he says, but warns the cost could blow out should Thailand fail to focus on prevention and reduce new cases.

“肾脏替代治疗的费用只占总预算的2%以下”，他说。但他警告，如果泰国不能注重于预防和减少新的病例，费用可大幅度增长。

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The advertising cost should be reasonable and affordable, somewhere around the company's budget.

广告的成本应该合理和可承担得起，要在公司预算之内。

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The defense department traditionally has taken the position that cost is less important than readiness and reliability in determining what sorts of personnel should fill jobs, but with budget deficits beginning to bite the high cost of manning non-combat positions in this manner will undoubtedly become subject to greater scrutiny.

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Therefore, Congress should limit the MID at a substantially lower cost to the federal budget.

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And some warn that the budget vote should not come until the administration tells Congress the cost of the war.

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