Now they have splurged the cash, Mr Obama and Congress could move on to a medium-term plan to reduce the deficit.

在炫耀过现金以后，奥巴马和国会可以着手研究削减赤字的中期计划了。

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Now that the Pentagon faces painful, deficit-induced budget cuts, it's amazing that it isn't trying to squeeze more cash for itself by the simple act of competition for its guns, planes and ships.

由于五角大楼正痛苦地面对着赤字所导致的预算削减，在这种情况下它仍没有试图采用为其枪炮，飞机和舰船进行竞标这种简单的方式来节省资金，这就更令人惊讶了。

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Its firms might be more willing to spend their cash if they had a clearer sign from Mr Obama how he intends eventually to close their country's fiscal deficit (and the extra taxes that might entail).

各公司可能更愿意支出现金，如果他们得到明确的信号，奥巴马最终决定减少财政赤字(及企业需要额外承担的税款)。

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That is the total of the average annual accrued liabilities of just the two largest entitlement programs, plus the annual cash deficit.

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The government takes the cash and uses it to cover its deficit spending.

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Will they blame the Westminster government, which gives Holyrood its cash and which would argue that cutting the deficit is urgent?

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