Was it a massive economic misjudgment, or was he currying favor with the Bush administration? The most likely explanation is a combination of the two, for he and Bush were pursuing the same “starve the beast” political strategy, which calls for tax cuts to be used to reduce revenues, thereby forcing the public sector to be downsized.
格林斯潘为何支持减税如今仍然不得而知。究竟是严重的经济误判，还是迎合讨好布什当局？最为可能的解释是二者兼而有之，因为他和布什都在实施共同的“饿死牲畜”的政治战略，也就是利用减税来降低财政收入，从而迫使公营部门减小规模。