奥巴马试图为中产阶级永久实行减税措施,人们尚未发觉这样的财政计划会为中期一团糟的预算继续添乱。
Less noticed is that Mr Obama's fiscal plan will also worsen the medium-term budget mess, by making tax cuts for the middle class permanent.
撒切尔夫人花了5年时间处理国内财政问题,然后在1984年的枫丹白露峰会上从欧盟其他成员国手中抢来了一个永久的预算回扣。
She promptly spent five years wielding her handbag, before prising out of her colleagues a permanent budget rebate at the Fontainebleau summit in 1984.
他可以指出让布什的减税政策永久化是一个严重的预算问题——在未来75年里,其成本将与整个社会保障差额一样多。
He could be pointing out that making the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy permanent is a huge budget issue - over the next 75 years it would cost as much as the entire Social Security shortfall.
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