America’s national debt has more than doubled in the past five years, and is set to rise to more than 100% of GDP over the next decade unless changes in spending and taxes are implemented. A well-designed combination of caps to limit tax expenditures and a gradual slowing of growth in outlays for entitlement programs could reverse the rise in the debt and strengthen the US economy.
美国的国民债务水平在过去五年里翻了一倍，除非支出和税收的变革得到实施，否则必将在未来十年中突破GDP的100%。精心设计的税收支出上限和福利项目支出增长逐渐放缓的组合可以扭转债务上升的趋势，强化美国经济。美国的当前预算谈判应该集中于达成可信的国民债务长期削减方案，同时保护短期经济扩张势头。