在大西洋对岸，民主党、茶党和老派共和党之间的僵局不禁让人疑惑：从长期看，美国应该怎样消除占GDP 8%政府预算？
Across the Atlantic, a standoff between the Democrats, the Tea Party, and old-school Republicans has produced extraordinary uncertainty about how the United States will close its 8%-of-GDP government deficit over the long term.