For a long-term balance-sheet approach to gain traction, politicians will have to drop the ideological biases that are distorting fiscal policy. Proponents of austerity currently use nominal debt figures to scare voters, even in countries with record-low interest rates and large private-sector profits that are not being channeled toward investment.
长期资产负债表方法要想获得长期动力，政客们必须抛弃扭曲财政政策的意识形态偏见。如今，紧缩支持者用名义债务数字恐吓选民，即使在利率创出历史新低、大量私人部门利润没有被引导进入投资领域的国家也是如此。为了反驳这样的观点，民意领袖应该强调公共投资增量的预期长期回报，不是用意识形态观点来强调，而是用最近表现出相当优秀的回报率的不同部门作为例证来强调。