By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 06:06 EST, 21 September 2012 | UPDATED: 06:13 EST, 21 September 2012 Wading in: Deputy prime minister of Australia Wayne Swan said that the 'crazies' in the Tea Party present the biggest threat to the U.S. economy Australia's deputy prime minister warned Friday that the greatest threat to the U.S. economy are the 'cranks and crazies' in the Republican Party, a rare foray into American domestic politics that was blasted by the opposition. Wayne Swan, who also serves as treasurer and is his center-left Labor Party government's ranking finance minister, took aim at the Tea Party during a speech to a business forum, breaking a convention among Australia's major parties to steer clear of U.S. domestic political debates.
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