Cause manipulators often have more than one reason for their actions. So actually destroying the full faith and credit is an end goal too.

"Sequester Cuts May Push U.S. Air-Traffic Control System to Go Private"

http://skift.com/2013/09/23/sequester-cuts-may-push-u-s-air-traffic-control-system-to-go-private/

and other conservative policies over the last 30 years? Including the banking crisis. When Reagan had the economic growth was it not the result of equality policies of the previous 50 years? That is why Regan was so successful and Obama is not.

when the regulations do not directly benefit them (by financial regulations I mean regulations that protect the ownership of wealth). They use Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller who was harassed by the police for bribes and killed himself starting the arab spring uprisings, as an example of regulations hurting people. Fact is those police in Tunisia needed to be regulated to not ask for bribes and those regulations needed to be enforced. Tunisia needed more regulation not less.