So score the stimulus a very expensive, largely wasted opportunity. Instead, Obama could, for example, have suspended the payroll tax for a year, getting money directly into people’s pockets quickly and decreasing the need for firms to lay off workers.
因此这份刺激计划是一次开销巨大、但浪费严重的机会。相反，奥巴马本可以暂停征收一年的工资税，这样可以迅速把钱直接放进民众的口袋里，并降低企业的裁人需求。