When Bush asked for spending cuts at the beginning of the year – including a social security reform that includes cuts in future benefits – world financiers expected that Bush would get his way, or most of it. Little did they appreciate that American voters, having never actually supported spending cuts, would resist.
年初，当布什要求削减开支——包括一项包含将来减少福利的社会保障改革——的时候，世界上的投资者们就料到布什会得逞，至少在很大程度上如此。他们并不认为从未真正支持过削减开支的美国选民会反对。