With the selection of Paul Ryan as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, it is clear both political parties agree that the central issue in the presidential election will be the scale and scope of government involvement in the US economy. There will be disagreement over what constituted “normal” levels of spending in the past and indeed over what constitutes “spending”. But there is a widespread view in both parties that it is feasible and desirable that in the future the federal government will be no larger as a share of the overall economy than it has been historically.
從保羅?瑞安(Paul Ryan)被選為共和黨副總統(tǒng)候選人可以明顯看出，美國(guó)兩黨已經(jīng)達(dá)成共識(shí)，本屆總統(tǒng)選舉的核心議題將是聯(lián)邦政府在美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)中所占的規(guī)模和影響的范圍。兩黨對(duì)歷史上什么是“正常”的政府支出水平以及“政府支出”應(yīng)包含哪些組成部分可能存在不同意見。但一個(gè)在兩黨中均廣為流傳的觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為，未來降低聯(lián)邦政府在整體經(jīng)濟(jì)中所占比重是可行的，也是恰當(dāng)?shù)摹?/p>