The real aim of the sequester’s advocates is a smaller federal government – a goal that often is cloaked in the argument that excessive government spending is choking economic growth. Although this is a politically compelling argument, because it stokes public fears about an out-of-control deficit, it flies in the face of the facts.
自动减赤支持者的真实目标是减小联邦政府规模——通常以政府支出过多会影响经济增长的观点出现。尽管这一观点在政治上颇具吸引力（因为它会激发公众对赤字失控的担忧），却与事实背道而驰。