各党政治家们都知道这一状况将动摇早已脆弱不堪的美国经济，严重削弱美元，并引发包括美国未来仍需仰仗的国外债权人在内的市场各方对美国还债能力的高度怀疑。
Politicians across the political spectrum know that such a situation would unsettle an already fragile US economy, severely weaken the dollar, and raise serious concerns about the country's ability to meet its debt-service obligations, including to the many foreign creditors that the US will need in the future.