Defaulting on the debt would be an erasure of an entire political party nearly overnight. There is only one party that even attempts to hold the country hostage

Defaulting on the debt would be an erasure of an entire political party nearly overnight. There is only one party that even attempts to hold the country hostage via debt ceiling tactics, and they are incredibly beholden to their corporate masters who would go absolutely nuclear on them should they actually follow through with that threat.