我们的国力是否因为赤字财政实行了太久、联邦集权过于臃肿、各种势力集团过于狂妄、政治生活过于腐败、犯罪过于猖獗、道德过于低落、赋税过高、极端分子的暴力行为过多而受到削弱；

• by federal paternalism grown too mighty; by power groups grown too arrogant; by politics grown too corrupt; by crime grown too rampant; by morals grown too low; by taxes grown too high; by extremists grown too violent;