America is losing its international competitiveness, neglecting its poor – one in five American children is trapped in poverty – and leaving a mountain of debt to its young. For all of the Obama administration’s lofty rhetoric, his fiscal-policy proposals make no serious attempt to address these problems.
长时间减税的经济和社会后果已经毋庸置疑。 美国的国际竞争力正在衰退，穷人则受到忽视——五分之一的美国儿童陷于贫困——而且给年轻人留下堆积如山的债务。 虽然奥巴马政府嘴上高谈阔论，但其财政政策提案并未认真努力解决上述问题。 解决问题需要呼吁增加税收，而乔治·W·布什1992年得到的教训是，这样做必将失去连任的机会。