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.
美國總統巴拉克•歐巴馬(Barack Obama)揭開了2012年預算案的序幕。華盛頓和其他地區的反應是可想而知的。對於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。那麼，這些預測背後的假設又怎樣——過於樂觀，還是過於悲觀呢？此外，人們普遍感到擔心的是，不對軍費和應享權益支出(entitlement spending)進行根本性改革，恐怕會使減赤淪爲笑柄。
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