If they fail — and without reform, there is a good chance that they will — taxpayers will be the ones left flipping the bill.

一旦他们失败，而没有采取重组措施的话，他们会有一个好处，那就是纳税人会为他们填单。

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All this sounds fine, if overdue; but can the FSA really reform itself without a more radical redesign of the system?

这一切听起来很好，如果逾期；但FSA能不设计一个更为基本的系统却真正变革吗？

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Mr Bush and the Republicans in Congress repeatedly gave voters goodies without paying for them: tax cuts without tax reform, subsidised prescription drugs without Medicare reform, and so on.

布什与共和党在国会反复着无需支付就可以给选举人好处的举措：没有税改的减税政策、没有医改而补贴处方药政策等等。

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Many economists say, without far-reaching regulatory reform, the United States risks a repeat in the future.

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Many Republicans have opposed immigration reform without tougher enforcement of immigration laws and border enforcement.

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"We might have gotten financial services reform without, but this makes it more likely."

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But it has learnt an expensive lesson: that cash is no good without reform.

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First Minister Carwyn Jones has even warned the health service will "collapse" without reform.

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Without reform, the sustainable rate of growth is no more than 4% a year, many economists say.

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