The agreement that broke the impasse over the US debt ceiling came with hours to spare before the Treasury’s deadline. From today, had no agreement been reached, the US government would have had to stop meeting some of its obligations. This months-long pantomime may call to mind Winston Churchill’s remark that Amer- icans can always be counted on to do the right thing, after all other possibilities have been exhausted. That judgment would be too kind.
在财政部规定的最后期限前几个小时，打破了美国债务上限谈判僵局的协议终于达成。若未能如期达成协议，从今天起，美国政府将不得不停止偿还部分债务。这场长达数月的闹剧，或许会让人想起温斯顿•丘吉尔(Winston Churchill)的一句名言：人们总是可以指望美国作出正确的决定——在试遍其它所有可能性之后。这种评价有点太客气了。
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