

Though Polish voters in October ousted their right-wing populist government, recent elections in Slovakia and the Netherlands show that populism remains as malign and potent a political force as ever in Europe. But these outcomes also hold important lessons for the United States, where the specter of Donald Trump’s return to the White House haunts the runup to the 2024 presidential election.
坎布里奇——当老布什总统上周入土为安时,赞美辞恰如其分地评价了他一生的体面和能力,但往往最后却免不了一个“但是”。对记者和历史学家而言,“但是他当总统仅仅当了一届。”部分因为1990到1991年的经济衰退,致使他在1992年的大选中失利。但对他的共和党同僚们来说,他们认为“他打破了罗纳德·里根时代的遗产,拒绝兑现他不加征新税的承诺。”布什的选举失败被归咎于那次所谓的背叛。
但布什的错误在于他首先做出了那次反对征税的承诺,并在其总统任期的第一部分坚决地贯彻执行。他在1990年充满勇气的财政政策逆转为长达十年的经济增长奠定了基础,而这次增长最终实现了预算盈余。
1990年布什与国会民主党达成的预算协议可能的确导致他失去了1992年的连任选举。毫无疑问,这是一个糟糕的时机。收紧财政纪律恰逢经济衰退的开始,也许导致经济衰退超过了原本可能的限度,并导致随之而来的复苏延迟。
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