Back through political history to the age of Ronald Reagan, Republicans have repeatedly promised the US public that tax cuts would pay for themselves, firing up economic growth and filling the government’s coffers.(回溯政治历史，从罗纳德·里根时代起，共和党人就一再向美国公众承诺，减税将自我买单，既能刺激经济增长，又能充实政府金库。)
回溯政治历史，从罗纳德·里根时代起，共和党人就一再向美国公众承诺，减税将自我买单，既能刺激经济增长，又能充实政府金库。
The promise never really panned out(成功；实现). From the Gipper(吉普（里根绰号）)’s day on, the Republicans’ tax cuts inevitably increased the budget deficit. Despite its failure, though, the promise is back, coated in a fine new layer of artificial intelligence pixie dust.(尽管屡屡失败，这一承诺如今又回来了，只是外面裹上了一层薄薄的人工智能“仙尘”。) It will fail again.
这一承诺从未真正兑现。从“吉普”时代起，共和党的减税政策无一例外地增加了预算赤字。尽管屡屡失败，这一承诺如今又回来了，只是外面裹上了一层薄薄的人工智能“仙尘”。它还将再次失败。
The treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is relying on an AI-laced economy when he promises to deliver annual economic growth of 3% – a rate that, except for the rebound from the Covid pandemic, has been achieved only twice this century.(财政部长斯科特·贝森特承诺实现3%的年经济增长率，他依赖的正是一个注入人工智能的经济——而除了新冠疫情后的反弹，本世纪美国只有两次达到过这一增速。) Dreams of AI inflect(影响；渗透) Donald Trump’s fantasy that “we’re growing at a faster rate than we’ve ever grown before,” which will allow the government to “take care of(处理；解决) the 40 trillion” in federal debt “over a period of time”.
财政部长斯科特·贝森特承诺实现3%的年经济增长率，他依赖的正是一个注入人工智能的经济——而除了新冠疫情后的反弹，本世纪美国只有两次达到过这一增速。对AI的憧憬，也渗透在唐纳德·特朗普的幻想中：他声称“我们的增长速度前所未有”，这将让政府能够“在一段时间内解决40万亿美元的联邦债务”。