The Republican Wreckage
(NYT, 7/26/11)
「歩み寄ろうという大統領の訴えも退けた共和党は、国益という視点を失った。米国経済を人質にとり、ここ何十年の間に最大級といえる歳出削減を迫ることに成功した。目先の支払いの問題を将来の歳出の問題にすりかえて、民主側から幾分かの譲歩を得たら得たで、またそこから離れてゆく。この無謀なゲームは国家をデフォルトの淵に追い込んでいる。政府の就業プログラムがとめられて金利があがれば、ふたたび職に尽きたいという何百万という失業者の願いは絶たれる。米国政府は世界中の笑われ者だ。」
わたしは、このNYTの見解に、全面的に同意しますね。
House Republicans have lost sight of the country’s welfare. It’s hard to conclude anything else from their latest actions, including the House speaker’s dismissal of President Obama’s plea for compromise Monday night. They have largely succeeded in their campaign to ransom America’s economy for the biggest spending cuts in a generation. They have warped an exercise in paying off current debt into an argument about future spending. Yet, when they win another concession, they walk away.
This increasingly reckless game has pushed the nation to the brink of ruinous default. The Republicans have dimmed the futures of millions of jobless Americans, whose hopes for work grow more out of reach as government job programs are cut and interest rates begin to rise. They have made the federal government a laughingstock around the globe.
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