Never particularly grounded in reality, budget talk in Washington has taken on an Alice in Wonderland quality. A paroxysm of deficit cutting is sweeping the US, with Republicans and Democrats hurling around dubious figures like confetti. But both are trying to win the battle to be the party of fiscal responsibility without broaching the one step every sensible analyst knows is necessary to solve America’s budget crisis: meaningful tax increases.
华盛顿的预算讨论就像《爱丽丝漫游仙境》般天马行空，从未着眼过实际。随着共和党与民主党像抛撒彩屑一样抛出一堆可疑数字，一场赤字削减浪潮正席卷美国。但两党都试图在不提及增税措施的前提下，在争夺“对财政负责政党”头衔的竞赛中胜出，尽管所有明智的分析师都知道增税是解决美国预算危机必不可少的一项举措。
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