1.Freezing discretionary, nondefense spending growth would be a great idea.
冻结决定权，非国防开支是大数目。
2.Calomiris : I disagree with Peter when he says we just can't get more than a 5 percent cut in nondefense discretionary spending . Nonsense !
卡罗米瑞斯：我不同意匹特。他说我们只能削减非国防开支不到5%的份额。胡说八道！
3.That sounds bad enough. But nondefense government investment is 17% below its long term trend, as state and local governments cut back.
这可能听起来已经够糟的了，但是非国防投资比长期水平低了17个百分点，国家与地方政府正在削减这方面的开支。
4.Take out net interest and you are at defense and nondefense discretionary spending.
除去纯利润，就是国防开支和非国防开支。
5.Nondefense discretionary spending is 4 percent of GDP.
非国防开支是GDP的4%。