The irony of the Tea Party revolt, of course, is that it undermines the private sector more than it reins in “big government.” The S&amp;P downgrade resulted in a “flight to quality,” meaning that investors bought US government debt – thus increasing its price and lowering the rate that the federal government pays to borrow.
当然，茶党叛逆的讽刺之处在于，其给私人部门造成的危害比其控制“大政府”的好处更甚。标普降级造成了“投资安全转移”的结果，这意味着投资者大举购买美国国债，进而抬高美国国债价格，降低联邦政府的借贷成本。