尽管美国政府绝不会明目张胆地违约，但它可以采取的政策（如对利息扣除所得税）去这样做，这将对外国持有者不利并压低债券的价值。
While the US government would never explicitly default, it could adopt policies such as deducting income tax on interest payments, which would disadvantage foreign holders and depress the value of the bonds.