Is an affronted and ashamed Irish parliament about to do to its 2011 budget what an affronted and ashamed US Congress did to Tarp – throw it out at the first time of asking? The nominal sums may be different, but the comparison is not facile. At stake in Washington in November 2008 was the future of the tottering US banking system. At stake in Dublin on December 7 is the future of the eurozone.
對於2011年的預算,受到冒犯和感到羞愧的愛爾蘭議會,是否會像受到冒犯和感到羞愧的美國國會當年對待「問題資產救助計劃」(TARP)一樣,否決最初版本?名義金額也許不同,但兩者的對比並非輕率。在2008年11月的華盛頓,國會的決定關係到步履蹣跚的美國銀行體系的未來。在今年12月7日的都柏林,愛爾蘭議會的決定關係到歐元區的未來。
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