Similarly, in guaranteeing the debt of Irish banks in September 2008, the Irish government did something that no responsible government should have contemplated. It took responsibility for obligations that amounted to a multiple of Ireland’s national income, driving up government debt to more than 1,300% of GDP.
同样，为了担保2008年9月爱尔兰银行所负的债务，爱尔兰政府做出了一些任何负责任政府都不可能考虑的举动。政府承担了超出爱尔兰国民收入许多倍的债务，以致政府负债上升到GDP总额的1300%。而至今仍在为这一举动辩护的总理布赖恩·考恩势必将在下一次选举中遭到严厉惩罚。