鉴于布什政府的减税政策已经使赤字和里根政府时期的赤字持平，从而威胁到美国经济增长，应该予以首要考虑的是由媒体导向的全面的预算前景。
The highest priority problem is the overall budget’s medium-run outlook, as the Bush tax cuts have opened Reagan-size deficits that threaten to cripple US economic growth.