Obama’s proposed budget recognizes that all objectives and expectations cannot be met, and that growth is partly a distributional issue now and an intergenerational issue (and potentially one of inclusiveness and social stability) in the longer term. It is an invitation to the US Congress and the American public to acknowledge and address the choices and tradeoffs that are needed to establish a sustainable pattern of economic growth – and to ensure a fair distribution of the burden of getting there.
奥巴马的预算草案认识到，不可能所有目标和预期同时达到，从现在看，增长从某种程度上说是一个分配问题，而从长期看，它是一个代际问题（也是潜在的包容性和社会稳定性问题）。这无异于要美国国会和美国公众承认并列出建立可持续经济增长模式——以及确保达到这一目标的负担被公平分担——所必须的选择和权衡。