President Barack Obama has kicked off the 2012 budget. The reaction in Washington and beyond was predictable. Everyone has a view on the proposed spending cuts and whether they are deep enough. And what about the assumptions behind the forecasts: too optimistic or pessimistic? Cue, also, widespread concern that avoiding radical reform of military and entitlement spending makes a mockery of the process.
美國總統(tǒng)巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)揭開了2012年預算案的序幕。華盛頓和其他地區(qū)的反應(yīng)是可想而知的。對于擬議中的支出削減計劃以及它們的力度是否足夠大，每個人都有各自的見解。那么，這些預測背后的假設(shè)又怎樣——過于樂觀，還是過于悲觀呢？此外，人們普遍感到擔心的是，不對軍費和應(yīng)享權(quán)益支出(entitlement spending)進行根本性改革，恐怕會使減赤淪為笑柄。
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