There, leading politicians who choose to call themselves “fiscal conservatives” – such as Paul Ryan, now the Republican Party’s presumptive vice-presidential nominee to run alongside presidential candidate Mitt Romney in November’s election – care more about cutting taxes, regardless of the effect on the federal deficit and total outstanding debt. Why do US fiscal conservatives care so little about government debt, relative to their counterparts in other countries?
在这方面，美国显得极为不同。在美国，自称“财政保守派”的政治领袖——比如共和党确定的与总统候选人罗姆尼共同挑战11月大选的副总统人选保罗·莱恩——更关注减税，而不管这会对联邦赤字和总未偿还债务水平的影响。为什么与其他国家的同道相比，美国的财政保守派基本不关注政府债务呢？