"Unlike the federal government, our states have to balance their budgets, and they can't print more money to pay for programs they can't afford,".

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You can't fight as a hoplite, in other words, unless you can afford to pay for your equipment and that excludes a goodly number of citizens who are too poor to fight in the phalanx.

换句话说,你不能加入步兵方阵,除非你自己能出钱买装备,这样有相当多的公民,会因为贫穷无法在方阵中战斗

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and for whatever reason they can't afford to pay the rent anymore.

但因为各种各样的原因，他们无法继续支付租金。

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