直到再次当选之后，他们才开始解释那些主要由税收的减少引起的大规模预算赤字，要求大幅度削减社会保障、医疗保健和其他领域的开支。
Only after being re-elected did they begin to explain that large budget deficits, caused mainly by lower tax revenues, would require sharp cuts in social security, health care spending, and other areas.