Politics complicates matters further, because the exclusively short-term focus on the fiscal impact of spending and revenues clashes with policies whose benefits accumulate over time. While such benefits may not appear to be “stimulus,” their mounting effect better serves the objective of raising expectations of future demand and growth.
政治将问题进一步复杂化了，因为完全短视地专注于支出和收入的财政影响与收益需要长时间才能逐渐显现的政策互相矛盾。尽管这些好处可能无法体现为“刺激”，但其累积效应能更好地起到提高未来需求和增长预期的效果。