That’s an interesting discussion, particularly at a time with unemployment is still above 8% (with recent declines largely the result of many jobless workers’ decision to stop looking and drop out of the labor force altogether). Precipitate austerity is hardly likely to help the economy find its way back to higher employment levels.
有些人提出美国人应该勒紧裤带过日子。这个讨论相当有趣，尤其是在失业率还维持在8%以上的时候（而最近的下降则源自于许多失业劳动者停止求职并退出劳动力大军的决定）。仓促出台的紧缩政策似乎也无法帮助经济重回高就业率的轨道。