Voters opted by a whisker for Mr. Dayton, who had promised to balance the books in part by raising taxes on the richest 10% of Minnesotans.

选民们以微弱优势选择了戴顿先生。戴顿曾承诺提高10%的最富有的明尼苏达人的税收，从而在一定程度上实现收支平衡。

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By putting economics second, Mr Brown has made it harder to balance the books.

把经济状况放一边，布朗结账变得更难。

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That leaves spending, and the remaining 5% of GDP needed to balance the books.

这就剩下约占GDP5 %的开支需要在预算中平衡。

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The real question, perhaps, is why can't Wales' Local Health Boards balance the books?

BBC: In the red, in the firing line

By putting economics second, Mr Brown has made it harder to balance the books.

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But he also said governments should balance the books when the sun was shining.

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