And the cost of carrying the extra debt incurred is extraordinarily low: $12 billion a year of extra taxes would be enough to finance the fiscal-stimulus program at current interest rates. For that price, American taxpayers will get an extra $1 trillion of goods and services, and employment will be higher by about ten million job-years.
奥巴马政府的财政刺激措施也对经济大有助益。虽然其中减税措施的效力还难以判断，但联邦政府对各州的资助却成功地保住了大量就业。而且，政府支出注入了众多颇为有益的项目，正如消费支出能够刺激生产和就业，这些政府支出同样会刺激生产和就业。