The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a helpful report in July that spelled out some of the consequences of the 2013 confrontation over the debt ceiling – including how it pushed up the government’s borrowing costs and the negative impact this had on the economy. But the Republican majority in Congress simply ignores this type of sensible analysis.
美国政府问责局（GAO）7月发布了一份有效报告，罗列了2013年债务上限对抗的部分后果——包括其如何推高政府借贷成本及如何负面影响经济。但国会里的多数共和党根本不注意这种明智的分析。