Of course, the US was not always so strict. Shortly after its founding, it tried debt mutualization, with Alexander Hamilton, America’s first Treasury secretary, describing the scheme in 1791 as the “cement” for a new American federation.
当然，美国也不是永远如此严格。建国后不久美国曾尝试过债务共同化，首任财政部长汉密尔顿（Alexander Hamilton）在1791年将这一机制描述为新美利坚联邦的“混凝土”。