US budget deficit hit $1.4T in 2009.

美国2009年财政年预算赤字达1.4万亿美元。

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The US budget deficit is vast and rapidly expanding.

美国的预算赤字是巨大的，而且是快速增加的。

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The US budget deficit currently exceeds 8% of GDP.

现在美国的预算赤字已超过GDP的8%。

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House Representatives endorsed a tax-cutting package at the end of last year that significantly increased the current US budget deficit.

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But Republicans are strongly opposed to increased government spending, amid a rancorous political divide over how to tame the US budget deficit.

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Those cuts took effect after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree to another plan to cut spending and reduce the US budget deficit.

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