????國(guó)會(huì)議員們?cè)俅伟阎匦姆旁诹艘幌盗卸唐诮鉀Q方案上，而這些方案可能帶來(lái)許多遺留問(wèn)題。對(duì)此，我要鄭重建議他們?nèi)タ纯从?guó)六人喜劇團(tuán)體蒙提?派森（Monty Python）早年間的喜劇片段，講是一位騎士（由約翰?克里斯扮演）令人費(fèi)解地把自己置于危險(xiǎn)境地。

????隨后，亞瑟王發(fā)現(xiàn)了這位一瘸一拐的騎士，但后者拒絕承認(rèn)自己的困境。他自信地說(shuō)，“我只是擦破了點(diǎn)兒皮”，而且每挨一下打，他都會(huì)說(shuō)那只是“皮外傷”。他還荒謬地宣稱(chēng)自己“不可戰(zhàn)勝”，之后，這位騎士遭到了遺棄，既動(dòng)彈不得，又無(wú)足輕重。

????美國(guó)民眾對(duì)國(guó)會(huì)的支持率已降至歷史最低水平。國(guó)會(huì)既沒(méi)有果斷提高債務(wù)上限，也沒(méi)有適時(shí)地通過(guò)一項(xiàng)無(wú)附加條件的延續(xù)性解決方案來(lái)讓政府重新開(kāi)始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，這將再次給經(jīng)濟(jì)帶來(lái)一些“自找的”創(chuàng)傷。一旦這些創(chuàng)傷的影響疊加在一起，它們就再也無(wú)法輕易抹去。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????本文作者穆罕默德?埃爾-埃利安是太平洋投資管理公司（PIMCO）首席執(zhí)行官兼聯(lián)合首席投資官。

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????As they pivot to yet another set of short-term solutions that risk leaving too many open issues, Congress would be well advised to watch an old Monty Python clip in which a knight (played by John Cleese) unexplainably puts himself in harm's way.

????Sequentially robbed of his limps by King Arthur, the knight refuses to come to terms with his predicament. He confidently declares "tis is but a scratch," treating each blow as just a "flesh wound." And having absurdly announced that he is "invincible," the knight is left behind immobile and irrelevant.

????Congress has already seen its standing among Americans fall to record lows. By failing to decisively lift the debt ceiling and properly pass a clean Continuing Resolution to reopen government, it would inflict on the economy yet another set of self-inflicted wounds whose cumulative and collective impact cannot be easily and readily discounted.

????Mohamed A. El-Erian is the CEO and co-chief investment officer of PIMCO.