Beyond these three immediate issues were long-run policy challenges: updating the country’s pension system to deal with an aging population and the decline of defined-benefit pensions; improving the education system so that more people would bear the risk of pursuing higher education; and reversing the erosion of America as a middle-class society.
除了这三个紧迫的问题，还有长期政策挑战：更新美国退休制度以应对人口老龄化和给付固定型退休金减少的问题、改善教育体系从而让更多人能够承担追求更高层次教育带来的风险，以及扭转美国作为中产阶级社会的颓势。