To hear US President Barack Obama tell it this week, the budget sequestration – the automatic spending cuts that are due to commence tomorrow – will decimate the government. Each party is blaming the other, as if something new and unexpected was about to begin. Many of the cuts are indeed ill-advised – but the fact is that from the start of his presidency Mr Obama has planned a steep reduction in discretionary spending as a share of national income.
美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)最近表示，预算“自动减支”（即从3月1日开始自动生效的支出削减法案）将会对政府造成巨大冲击。两党互相攻讦，暗示着将会发生一些新的和预料之外的事。很多削减确实有欠考虑，但事实上，奥巴马自上任以来就计划大幅削减可自由支配支出占国民收入的比重。
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