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magic asterisk

Noun
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
架空の、または実現されない将来の予算削減。特に政治や経済の文脈で、実際には行われない仮想的な削減案を示す表現。
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市長の教育施策は一見寛大に見えたが、予算の専門家はそれが実際の削減を後の会計年度に先送りする、将来の不確定な予算削減に依存していると警告した。

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(idiomatic, politics, economics) an unspecified future budget cut, especially an imaginary cut.

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magic asterisk

The mayor's education initiative looked generous, but budget analysts warned it relied on a magic asterisk that would shift real cuts into a later fiscal year.

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The mayor's education initiative looked generous, but budget analysts warned it relied on a magic asterisk that would shift real cuts into a later fiscal year.

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