In fact, Alexander Hamilton adopted this approach more than 200 years ago, when he decided to mutualize the debts that individual US states had incurred during the Revolutionary War – a decisive move toward further political integration. Rather than wait for political union to happen, Hamilton took action that eventually helped the US to become a full-fledged monetary, fiscal, and political union.
事实上，200多年前亚历山大·汉密尔顿采用的就是这一办法，他决定将美国各州在独立战争期间发生的债务共同化——这是迈向日后政治一体化的决定性动作。汉密尔顿没有坐等政治联盟发生，而是采取了最终帮助美国成为成熟的货币、财政和政治联盟的行动。