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.
華盛頓的預算討論就像《愛麗絲漫遊仙境》般天馬行空，從未著眼過實際。隨著共和黨與民主黨像拋撒彩屑一樣拋出一堆可疑數字，一場赤字削減浪潮正席捲美國。但兩黨都試圖在不提及增稅措施的前提下，在爭奪「對財政負責政黨」頭銜的競賽中勝出，儘管所有明智的分析師都知道增稅是解決美國預算危機必不可少的一項舉措。
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