但由于此前政府承诺了过于慷慨的医疗和养老承诺，如此增长仍旧显得力不从心，而预期寿命的增加和出生率的下降使得政府愈加不堪重负了。
Yet even this growth was not enough, given previous governments’ generous promises of health care and pensions – promises made even less tenable by rising life expectancy and falling birth rates.