The next step readily follows: in order to repay, or at least reduce, the national debt, the government must eliminate its budget deficit, because the excess of spending over revenue continually adds to the national debt. Indeed, if the government fails to act, the national debt will become, in today’s jargon, “unsustainable.”
接下来出现的是，为了偿还（或至少减少）国民债务，政府必须消除其预算赤字，因为支出超过收入会继续增加国民债务。事实上，如果政府行动不力，那么国民债务将变得——用今天的行话讲——“不可持续”。