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The article in Time on May 14th 2018,Military Spending Has Doubled but the World Is No Safer mentions that excessive spending on military hardware cannot address challenges such as climate change, mass refugee flows and extreme poverty. In the absence of an urgent global response, these challenges will fuel tomorrow’s conflicts and make each of us less safe. Now is the time to consider alternatives to excessive militarization,options that can provide true peace and security.

最新一期的美國《時代》周刊題為《軍費翻倍，世界還是不安全》的文章提到，軍事裝備和設施上的過度開支無法解決如氣候變化、難民潮和極端貧困此類的問題。在全球應急反應機制缺失的情況下，此類問題將會加劇未來的沖突，從而使我們更缺乏安全感。現在是時候考慮過度軍事化的替代辦法了，這樣才能給我們帶來真正的和平和安全。

The article with the title saying The U.S is Mortgaging Its Future in Washingtonpost on May 1st, 2018, mentioned that the IMF projected that the US is the only advanced economy in the world expected to have its debt burden get worse over the next five years.Every other rich country, including perennial fiscal basket cases such as Greece and Italy, is projected to lower its debt as a share of its economy. That is thanks in large part to the global economic recovery, which is bringing in more tax revenue and reducing the need for unemployment benefits. With unemployment at an 18-year low and the country enjoying one of the longest recoveries on record,it is difficult to explain why we’ve spilled so much red ink.

2018年5月1日的《華盛頓郵報》一篇題為《美國正在按揭未來》的文章稱,國際貨幣基金組織預計——未來五年，在當今所有的發達經濟體中，唯一一個會出現債務狀況惡化的就是美國。就連希臘和意大利這樣深陷債務危機的國家都將降低債務在GDP中的比重，這很大程度上要歸功于全球經濟復蘇所帶來的稅收增加和失業福利保障支出的減少。美國當前失業率為18年來最低，經濟正處于有史以來最長的一次復蘇周期。形勢利好之下出現嚴重赤字，這著實令人費解。