If your goal is 'lower the rate at which you'll refinance a bit of debt by a quarter of a percentage point', blowing up your export economy, import and tourism

If your goal is 'lower the rate at which you'll refinance a bit of debt by a quarter of a percentage point', blowing up your export economy, import and tourism industry, and introducing a national 40% sales tax seems like a really weird way to achieve it. Given that all of those things would torpedo your ability to actually service debt, both new and old. But what do I know? /s