Actual decisions whose effects are delayed could serve as a down payment, ensuring that, say, half of the spending cuts programmed for the years to come are already enacted. To be sure, decisions can always be reversed; parliaments can simply pass another law.
效果延迟的实际决定可以视为首付，确保（比如）未来多年计划支出削减的一半得到实施。平心而论，决定永远可以逆转；议会只要通过另一项法律就可以了。但已经实施的支出削减同样如此。在民主制度中，没有什么是不可撤销的。