America’s current fiscal problems are rooted in a long period of unfunded spending. Bush’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the manner in which he conducted the “global war on terror” made matters much worse, contributing to a totally unsustainable situation.
美国目前财政问题的根源在于长期没有来源的开支。布什的阿富汗和伊拉克战争和他开展“全球反恐战争”的做法使得整体状况迅速恶化，导致局势完全无法持续。事实上，奥巴马接过的是几乎毫无希望的烂摊子。