但是，从长期看，美国决策者必须通过削减社会保障、医疗和防务等具有政治不可动摇性的项目开支，从而在重塑人们对其国民财政健康度信心方面取得实实在在的进步。
Over the long term, however, US policymakers must make steady progress in restoring confidence in the nation’s fiscal health by cutting politically sacred programs like social security, Medicare, and defense.