In fact, it wasn't really a deficit-reduction plan.

事实上，该计划真的不是一项预算降低计划。

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But this strengthens the case for a credible deficit-reduction plan.

但这提高了削减赤字计划的可信度。

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It's as if tax increases were a mere technicality in any deficit-reduction plan.

增税在任何赤字削减计划中似乎都是主要的技巧。

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Anything that would cost serious money, and disrupt his deficit-reduction plan, was ruled out.

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In some quarters, the conventional wisdom is that the deficit-reduction plan will have to include tax increases, such as higher federal estate tax rates with lower exemptions.

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Mr Miliband appealed to voters who backed the Conservatives at the general election, because they believed their deficit-reduction plan was right, to "look afresh at the evidence".

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