美国是否靠借债维持着繁荣?当下次经济衰退来临时,我们是否有能力偿还债务?如果无力偿还,联邦政府会为我们偿还债务吗?目前正处经济复苏期间,因此回答上述问题看来无关紧要。总统就职初期很少想象得到他将面临的挑战。里根原想减税,并促使经济增长。他从未料想到在他最后五年执政期间会削减军费、增税以减少巨额的联邦赤字。 Will the United States sustain prosperity by borrowing? Will we be able to repay debts when the next economic downturn? Will the federal government pay off our debts if we can not pay them? It does not seem to matter whether we are in the midst of an economic recovery. . He rarely imagined the challenge he would face in the early days of the president’s inauguration. Reagan originally intended tax cuts and economic growth. He never imagined that during his final five years of administration, he would cut military spending and raise taxes to reduce the huge federal deficit.