Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation.
解决不了赤字问题将会浪费我们一整代人都不曾遇到的一个机会。
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That would be worse for our deficit, worse for business, worse for you and worse for the next generation.
如果发生了，赤字会更庞大，商业会更萧条，你们包括你们的下一代都将在更糟的生活条件下生存。
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A big deficit may ease the economic pain in the short term but risks saddling the next generation with a growth-sapping burden of higher taxes and interest payments.