美国面临着“财政悬崖 ” ， 即从2013年开始自动增税减支，这极有可能将经济拖入衰退，除非两党就替代性财政方案达成一致，从这个角度看，还有什么比政治僵局持续更糟糕的吗？
With America facing a “fiscal cliff” – automatic tax increases and spending cuts at the start of 2013 that will most likely drive the economy into recession unless bipartisan agreement on an alternative fiscal path is reached – could there be anything worse than continued political gridlock?