美国邮政即将面临其历史上首次违约
<p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="lawmakers">lawmakers</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fix">fix</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ailing">ailing</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Postal">Postal</span> <span word="Service">Service</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="worse">worse</span>.</p><p>当美国议员们仍在争论如何让境况不佳的美国邮政服务公司(<span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Postal">Postal</span> <span word="Service">Service</span>)摆脱困境时，该公司的财务问题却变得越来越糟。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Postal">Postal</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="repeated">repeated</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="congressional">congressional</span> <span word="action">action</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="default">default</span>-<span word="a">a</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="said">said</span>-<span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="legally">legally</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> $5.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="payment">payment</span>, <span word="due">due</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 1, <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="health">health</span>-<span word="benefits">benefits</span> <span word="fund">fund</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="retirees">retirees</span>. <span word="Action">Action</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="isn">isn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="likely">likely</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="prepares">prepares</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="August">August</span> <span word="recess">recess</span>.</p><p>美国邮政周三再次表示，美国国会若不采取行动，该公司就将因无法支付8月1日到期的55亿美元账单而出现公司历史上的首次债务违约。按照美国法律规定，美国邮政须每年向未来退休人员的医疗福利基金支付55亿美元。由于美国众议院正在为8月休会做准备，所以国会不太可能采取行动。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="default">default</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="payment">payment</span>, <span word="for">for</span> 2011, <span word="wouldn">wouldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="employees">employees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="suppliers">suppliers</span>. <span word="But">But</span> '<span word="these">these</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="liquidity">liquidity</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="unnecessarily">unnecessarily</span> <span word="undermine">undermine</span> <span word="confidence">confidence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="viability">viability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Postal">Postal</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="customers">customers</span>,' <span word="said">said</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Partenheimer">Partenheimer</span>.</p><p>美国邮政说，拖欠这份2011年的账单不会对公司的服务或公司向员工和供应商付款的能力造成直接影响。但美国邮政发言人帕滕赫莫尔(<span word="David">David</span> <span word="Partenheimer">Partenheimer</span>)说，这些持续的流动资金问题会不必要地削弱客户对我公司生存能力的信心。</p>
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