As support for President George W. Bush in the United States has crumbled over the past year, perhaps the most surprising element is the revolt of economists and observers of economic policy. Last week, Peggy Noonan, a speechwriter for both President Reagan and the first President Bush declared in the Wall Street Journal that had she known what George W. Bush’s fiscal policy would be, she would have voted for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election.
去年，随着美国公众对乔治·W·布什总统的支持率几近崩溃，最出人意表的或许莫过于经济学家和观察家对布什经济政策的反感。上个星期，曾经担任里根和老布什两届总统讲稿写手的佩姬·努南（Peggy Noonan）在《华尔街日报》上撰文称：如果她早就知道乔治·W·布什的财政政策会是这样，那么在2000年总统选举中她就会把票投给戈尔。