America has relied for decades on its consumers' willingness to spend, borne up by borrowing and the false comfort of bubbles in asset prices.

几十年来，美国的经济主要依赖于国民的消费者花费的意愿，这种意愿主要靠借钱和在财产价格方面的泡沫的虚假的舒适感来支撑。

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There is a false mystique to asset protection planning that has often allowed planners to charge premium prices for selling cutting-edge strategies to their clients at premium prices, when boring and inexpensive solutions probably would have worked better.

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