When I chaired President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, anti-environmentalists tried to enact a similar provision, called “regulatory takings.” They knew that once enacted, regulations would be brought to a halt, simply because government could not afford to pay the compensation.
我在担任克林顿总统经济顾问委员会主席时，反环保主义者试图实行类似的规定，称之为“监管性征收”（regulatory takings）。它们知道，这些规定一旦实施，监管将被叫停，因为政府无法承担补偿金。幸运的是，我们成功地在法院和美国国会都挫败了这一图谋。