President Barack Obama has offered numerous proposals to invest in the foundations of national competitiveness, but Congressional Republicans have rebuffed them, claiming that the US faces an impending fiscal crisis. In fact, the federal deficit as a share of GDP will shrink significantly over the next several years, even without further deficit-reduction measures, before rising to unsustainable levels by 2030.
奥巴马总统提出了大量方案投资于美国国家竞争力基础，但国会中的共和党拒绝了这些方案，他们说，美国的当务之急的财政危机。事实上，在2030年上升到不可持续水平之前，联邦赤字占GDP的比重将在未来数年内大幅下降，就算没有进一步的赤字削减手段也是如此。