美国财政政策也是如此，事件驱动争议的最后期限越来越紧迫：1月1日的财政支出悬崖、3月1日的支出封存、3月27日的持续预算决议到期、还有5月18日的新一轮债务上限。
The same is true of US fiscal policy, with an event-driven debate that now has ever-shorter time horizons: the fiscal cliff on January 1, sequestration of expenditures on March 1, expiration of the continuing budget resolution on March 27, and the new May 18 debt-ceiling limit.