I hope so, and certainly the Obama administration is a breath of fresh air after the stunning ineptness of the Bush-Cheney years. But governments all over the world are always convinced that their expansions can be substantially financed by efficiency gains, and that dream usually proves chimerical.
当然，政府应该运行地更有效率一些，特别是在教育和医疗保健领域。从效率上节省下来的钱是否可以弥补政府过于繁重的开支呢？我希望如此。经历了布什切尼政府多年沉闷的岁月之后，奥巴马政府给我们带来焕然一新的感觉。不过，世界上所有的政府好象都向选民承诺：增加的政府预算可以从其他有效率的运转上节余出来，但事实证明这都是空谈。