When President George W. Bush took office in 2001, he was staring at giant budget surpluses as far as the eye could see. It was hard work engineering a five-trillion-dollar deterioration in America’s fiscal position.
当然，对于这样的局面，美国政府更是功不可没。当布什总统在2001年履职之初，仰望着巨大的财政盈余，无所适从。而让美国的财政状况由此恶化5万亿美元之巨，也真可谓是劳苦功高了。