These problems are not America’s alone, for they are inherent to all efforts to privatize social welfare. As Americans and others look at this Gordian knot of public policy problems, we should learn one thing from the example of Tony Snow: the vision of an “ownership society” espoused by Bush is simply not plausible.
这些问题并非美国所独有，因为它们是社会福利私有化所固有的。正如美国和其他国家看待公共政治问题这一难解的问题一样，我们应该从托尼·斯诺的事例中得到一个教训：布什所支持的“产权社会”的愿景自然不是花言巧语。如果是，他的新任新闻秘书就不会自称为“愚笨”了。