Similarly, with government bond yields as low as they are in the US, the public has little sense of urgency about its fiscal problems, though some doomsayers, like Peter Peterson of the Blackstone Group, have been trying their best to awaken it. One hopes that the coming US presidential election will lead to a more enlightened public debate about tax and entitlement reform.
同样，随着政府债券收益变得像美国一样低下，即使像黑石集团创始人彼得·皮特森（Peter Peterson）这类末日预言家一直在大声疾呼，公众照样会对财政问题失去紧迫感。有人希望接下来的美国总统选举将在税务和授权改革方面激起一场更为理性开明的公众讨论。否则的话就只有靠债务市场收益的迅速上升来使公众意识到事态严重，并留给政治家们足够的空间来解决问题。