Some 70 percent of all federal spending, including sacred cows like Social Security and antipoverty programs like food stamp, are protected from the budget ax.

• 联邦政府全部支出中，约有百分之七十受到保护，免遭预算之大力削减，其中包括社会福利保险与粮票之类的防贫计画，这二项碰不得、毁不得。