年初，当布什要求削减开支 — — 包括一项包含将来减少福利的社会保障改革 — — 的时候，世界上的投资者们就料到布什会得逞，至少在很大程度上如此。
When Bush asked for spending cuts at the beginning of the year – including a social security reform that includes cuts in future benefits – world financiers expected that Bush would get his way, or most of it.