The Obama administration erred in asking for too small a stimulus, especially after making political compromises that caused it to be less effective than it could have been.  It made another mistake in designing a bank bailout that gave too much money with too few restrictions on too favorable terms to those who caused the economic mess in the first place – a policy that has dampened taxpayers’ appetite for more spending.
Администрация Обамы допустила ошибку, запрашивая слишком малые стимулы, особенно после совершения политических компромиссов, которые заставили их быть еще менее эффективными, чем это было бы возможно.