The US Congress and the Bush administration enacted a $100 billion tax rebate in an attempt to stimulate consumer spending. Those of us who supported this policy generally knew that history and economic theory implied that such one-time fiscal transfers have little effect, but we thought that this time might be different.
美国国会和布什政府实施了一项1000亿美元的减税计划，试图刺激消费支出。我们当中那些支持这项政策的人大都明白历史和经济理论证明这种一次性的财政转移支付收效不佳。但我们认为这次可能会有所不同。支持我们观点的论据用Samuel Johnson的话来讲就是“一次希望对于经验的胜利。”