Giving way to this kind of negative perception makes it extremely difficult to come up with a plan of action or the motivation to follow through.

让步于这种负面感受使得很难产生决定行动的计划和坚持到底的动力。

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Whether you think spending cuts are good or bad, what are the odds politicians follow through faithfully with an automatic plan forged in the wake of a debate over an arbitrary marker particularly when the cast of players likely changes a bit this November (and two years hence, and two years hence, and two years hence)?

FORBES: Fiscal Cliff and the CBO Follies