Last fall the Swedes, those consummate fans of state welfare, booted out the Socialists and elected a new government bent on lowering taxes and spending.

他们在全国各个Marriott旅店里接待顾客或在快餐店分发汉堡包，在密西西比州东部的各家CVS连锁药店收银，在华盛顿动感男人沙龙“专修指甲店”里给人修指甲。

Across the country, they greet the guests at Marriott hotels or dispense Burger King Whoppers; east of the Mississippi they ring the tills at CVS pharmacies; in Washington, D.C., they give manicures at the Just Nails with a Gentleman’s Touch salon.

这项改革试验的将来确因其今天取得的成功而处于危险境地，这是多么具有讽刺意味啊！

How ironic, then, that the experiment’s future could be imperiled by its present success.