In an economy in which public debt is growing quickly, the longer fiscal adjustment is put off, the larger and costlier it will have to be. Households and companies understand this and cease to consume or invest in anticipation of the painful spending cuts and tax hikes to come.
另一种扩张性财政收缩则更为隐蔽。在一个公共债务快速增长的经济中，财政调整被推得越迟，所需的调整规模就会变得越大，成本也会变得越高。家庭和公司都明白这一点，并预期未来会出现痛苦的支出削减和税收增加，因而停止消费和投资。因此，该观点推断，保守党政府在今天大力削减开支将有助于英国人民免于在明天遭受痛苦。开支削减后，私人部门会感到手里的钱更多了，对前景也更乐观了，于是便会继续大手花钱，经济也将繁荣起来。