A NY JOURNALIST , save this one, could tell you: a little deadline pressure can be helpful. But this principle can, like most, be taken to insanity. Consider the pathological case of Congress under divided government, which often functions by wiring time bombs and sitting idly by until the countdown ticks close to zero. The present showdown over the debt ceiling, a statutory limit on the amount of money the Treasury can borrow, illustrates this worryingly well.
纽约记者（除此之外）可以告诉您：截止日期的压力很小。但是，像大多数人一样，这一原则可以被认为是精神错乱的。考虑分裂政府下的国会病理案件，该案件通常通过接线炸弹接线并闲置，直到倒计时接近零为止。目前关于债务上限的摊牌，对财政部可以借的金额的法定限制很好地说明了这一点。
