吃饭财政 meaning in Chinese

payroll finance; mouth-feeding budget-----a large proportion of the budget has been earmarked for paying salaries of government functionaries

Until now , the country ' s finance is still confronted with high press because of the following factors : 1 . current financial situation has not improved so satisfactory as expected ; 2 . the adjustment of the structure of government organizations below the provincial level and related reforms have not been completed ; 3 . the government ' s function has not been actually changed ; and 4
财政状况并未完全好转，省以下政府机构改革及与之配套的改革尚未到位，政府职能还没有彻底转变，机构庞大、人员臃肿给财政造成的压力还很大，从“吃饭财政”到公共财政还有一个时期。