但这个方案会为美国经济及其全球地位埋下众多慢性风险，而美国政治家解决债务限额问题所耗费的时间越长，则发生意外事故的风险越大。
But the two-step scenario involves incremental risks to the US economy, and to its standing in the global system. And the longer America’s politicians take to resolve the debt-ceiling issue, the greater the risk of an inadvertent accident.