Likewise, higher taxes cannot resolve the problem posed by the mounting unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare. Maintaining these programs in their current form would require growth-destroying tax increases on middle-income Americans, as well as continuing cuts in government funding for defense, education, and research.
类似地，提高税率无法解决社会安全与医疗保险负债高企、入不敷出所造成的问题。保持这些计划现有形式不变需要对中等收入美国人大量增税，其幅度足以摧毁经济增长，同时还必须继续削减国防、教育和研究方面的政府支出。