The agreement on the US budget that Democratic and Republican negotiators struck on Tuesday is a victory for common sense. For the past few years, populists on both sides of the political spectrum have hijacked economic policy making. The result has been a succession of damaging stand-offs. This week’s deal – which raises federal spending by $63bn over two years – is modest in size but encouraging. It shows that Washington has not lost the ability to compromise and take decisions.
美國民主黨和共和黨談判代表周二達成的預算協議，從常理上看是一場勝利。過去幾年來，美國兩黨中的民粹主義者已經綁架了美國經濟政策的制定過程。這導致了一系列破壞性的對峙。從規模上說，本周達成的在兩年內將聯邦開支提高630億美元的協議并不算大，但鼓舞人心。它表明美國政府并未失去達成妥協和做出決定的能力。
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