Even worse, the sequester’s across-the-board spending cuts make no distinction between effective and essential programs and programs that represent special interests or have outlived their original purpose. Such arbitrary cuts are likely to inflict more damage on the economy than sensibly targeted cuts of the same magnitude.
更糟糕的是，自动减赤的全面减支效应并不区分有效的重要项目和代表特殊立业或已与初衷背道而驰的项目。如此武断的削减可能比相同程度的明智定位削减造成更大的伤害。