The Congressional Budget Office says the federal deficit shows every sign of getting larger.

国会预算办公室称联邦赤字显示出种种增加的迹象。

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Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—as if saving one-thousandth of a single year's budget would solve our problems.

在当前对联邦赤字的担忧中，“伸手摘星”的尝试似乎是一种可有可无的奢侈——似乎只要一年省下千分之一的预算就能解决我们的问题。

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The federal deficit and debt burden are ballooning.

美国联邦赤字和债务负担在急剧膨胀。

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This year's federal deficit is already predicted to be the highest in relation to the economy since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Many banks failed. And the federal deficit reached a record one point four trillion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

The White House budget office on Tuesday lowered its estimate for this year's federal deficit.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

The federal deficit is likely to average a trillion dollars a year over the next decade.

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The mission, according to all parties, is to trim the Federal deficit and increase the debt-ceiling.

FORBES: Lead Like the Debtors in D.C.? Well, Maybe Some of Them . . .

The federal deficit was 1.9% of GDP in 2006, and fell to 1.1% in 2007.

FORBES: Thoughts On The Recently Completed Debt-Ceiling Agreement