The budget surplus he inherited is now a deficit, the fiscal hole in America's retiree programmes is bigger than ever, the tax system is an unstable, patched-up mess.

他接手时的预算盈余如今已是赤字，退休计划造成了美国有史以来最大的财政亏空，而税收体系处于极不稳定、漏洞百出的混乱状态。

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Further, the DPJ would pay a monthly JPY70, 000 benefit to low-income retirees (not high income retirees), funded by taxes, whether or not the retiree had contributed to the system.

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That effort is a reminder that when all the active-duty, reserve-component, retiree and dependent beneficiaries of the present system are added up, they exceed the margin of victory in many swing states during the 2008 election.

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