As soon as he was re-elected, Bush started to propose cuts in popular government programs, but his own party is rejecting those cuts. With the Republican-controlled Congress seeking to make the tax cuts for the rich permanent, the world is beginning to realize that America’s budget deficits are now entrenched, with no end in sight.
问题是，布什不计后果的赌博现在已经积累起可观的政治动量。甫一当选，布什就提议削减大众化的政府计划，但却遭到他自己所在党派的反对。随着共和党控制的国会企图使面向富人的减税政策永久化，世界开始意识到美国的预算赤字问题已经积重难返。