Criticising Washington for being irrational about tax and spending a year from a presidential election is about as pointless as admonishing a box full of frogs. But at some point politicians simply have to get serious. Barack Obama delivered his deficit reduction speech on Monday against a background of slowing growth, 9 per cent unemployment and a sovereign debt downgrade.
在距離總統大選還有一年時批評華盛頓對稅收和消費問題不夠理性，就像警告一箱青蛙一樣毫無意義。但在某個時候政客們不得不認真起來。在經濟成長緩慢、失業率高達9%和主權債務評級調低的大背景下，週一，美國總統巴拉克•歐巴馬(Barack Obama)就削減赤字問題發表了講話。
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