The outcome of any such experiment is impossible to foresee, because other countries’ experience can never be a perfect guide to a new system – the situation is never exactly the same in a different environment. A privatized social security system like the one Bush proposes might turn out very well, assuming that people behave sensibly and/or the stock market keeps going up.
任何这样的试验结果都无从预测，因为其他国家的经验从来都不可能是另一个新体系的完美向导——不同环境其形势也决不会相同。假如人们保持理性行为，并且/或者股票市场持续牛市，那么像布什提出的这样一个私有化的社会保障体系也许会很成功。