This is factually incorrect – US government securities remain one of the safest investments in the world – but the claim serves the purpose of dramatizing the federal budget and creating a great deal of hysteria around America’s current debt levels. This then produces the fervent belief that government spending must be cut radically, and now.
华盛顿——美国茶党的财政主张很简单：合众国已经破产了。实际并非如此——美国政府债券仍然是全世界最安全的投资之一，但这样的主张还是达到了效果：将联邦预算问题戏剧化并掀起了一场围绕美国当前债务水平的公共兴奋，从而使很多人相信，美国政府应该大幅削减支出，并且从现在就开始。