I feel canceled credit card is a too melodramatic metaphor for marginally increased cost of borrowing. What is more, the cost of borrowing for the Treasury has

I feel canceled credit card is a too melodramatic metaphor for marginally increased cost of borrowing. What is more, the cost of borrowing for the Treasury has actually decreased over the course of the crisis [1] to almost nothing at all [2]. 1: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/flighttoquality.asp http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/flighttoquality.asp 2: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/RI/OFNtebnd http://www.treasurydirect.gov/RI/OFNtebnd