80年代以来,美国政府的财政赤字不断上升,从1981年度的579.32亿美元升至1989年度的1520亿美元。庞大的财政赤字成为美国经济的潜在危机,美国政府采取了不同的方式设法解决赤字问题。本文将探讨这些措施的实际效用以及解决赤字所面临的困难。 美国的财政收入主要来源于个人所得税、公司所得税及社会保险税。社会保险税是由雇主及雇员分别向政府上缴的劳保金和退休保险金。美国政府每年主要的财政支出构成为:军 Since the 1980s, the U.S. government’s fiscal deficit has risen steadily from 57.932 billion U.S. dollars in 1981 to 152 billion U.S. dollars in 1989. The huge fiscal deficit has become a potential crisis in the U.S. economy. The U.S. government has taken different approaches to solving the deficit problem. This article will explore the practical utility of these measures and the difficulties they face in solving the deficit. The U.S. fiscal revenue mainly comes from personal income tax, corporate income tax and social security tax. Social insurance tax is the employee’s and employee’s contribution insurance and retirement benefits respectively paid by the government. The main fiscal expenditure of the U.S. government each year is: Army