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The government, meanwhile, has been acting like Santa Claus. We all love Santa Claus, right?
與此同時，政府扮的像圣誕老人一樣，我們都愛圣誕老人不是嗎？
But the problem with Santa Clause is, if you look at the mandatory spending of what these folks have been doing and promising folks,
不過，圣誕老人有個問題是，如果你回顧下這些人的所作所為而導致的“強制性開銷”以及他們所承諾給人們的事項。
it turned out that in 1967, 38 percent was mandatory spending on what we call "entitlements."
結果到了1967年，38％都是“強制性開銷”花在了我們所謂“權利”上。
And then by 2007 it was 68 percent. And we weren't supposed to run into 100 percent until about 2030.
到了07年變成了68%。到2030年左右，會達到100％。
Except we've been so busy giving away a trillion here, a trillion there, that we've brought that date of reckoning forward to about 2017.
然而，如果我們再急不可耐的這里幾萬億，那里幾萬億，這個估算結果會提前到2017年。
And we thought we were going to be able to lay these debts off on our kids, but, guess what?
我們認為自己將有能力不讓我們的孩子承擔這些債務，但，你猜怎么著？
We're going to start to pay them. And the problem with this stuff is, now that the bill's come due, it turns out Santa isn't quite as cute when it's summertime. Right?
我們才開始償還它們。關于這些事情的問題是，現在支票到期了，結果圣誕老人在夏天并不那么可愛了。對嗎？
Here's some advice from one of the largest investors in the United States. This guy runs the China Investment Corporation.
這里是美國最大的投資商中的一位提出的一些建議。這個人經營中國投資集團。
He is the main buyer of U.S. Treasury bonds. And he gave an interview in December. Here's his first bit of advice.
他是美國國庫券的主要購買者。他在11月出席了一次訪談。這是他的第一條建議。
And here's his second bit of advice. And, by the way, the Chinese Prime Minister reiterated this at Davos last Sunday.
這是他的第二條建議。順便說一下，中國國務院總理上周日在達沃斯又重申了這點。
This stuff is getting serious enough that if we don't start paying attention to the deficit, we're going to end up losing the dollar. And then all bets are off.
情況已經不容樂觀了，如果我們仍然不重視這些缺陷，結果就會是大量虧損。僅此一項，就足以帶來不堪設想的結果。
Let me show you what it looks like. I think I can safely say that I'm the only trillionaire in this room.
讓我給你們看看情況會是怎樣的。我想我可以很有把握地說，我會是這個房間里唯一的萬億富翁。
This is an actual bill. And it's 10 triliion dollars. The only problem with this bill is it's not really worth very much.
這是一張真的鈔票。它值10萬億美元。問題只是它其實并不值這么多。
That was eight bucks last week, four bucks this week, a buck next week. And that's what happens to currencies when you don't stand behind them.
上周是8塊，這周就是4塊，下周只值1塊了。當我們支撐不了匯率的時候，這樣的情況就會發生。
So the next time somebody as cute as this shows up on your doorstep,
所以下次有類似這樣可愛的人出現在你的門口時，
and sometimes this creature's called Chrysler and sometimes Ford and sometimes ... whatever you want -- you've just got to say no.
有時候這個東西叫克萊斯勒或者有時是福特或者別的名字，你就要說不。
And you've got to start banishing a word that's called "entitlement."
并且你必須開始不再使用“權益”這個詞。
And the reason we have to do that in the short term is because we have just run out of cash.
就眼前來說我們這樣做的理由就是我們沒錢了。
