They are advocating a policy that would have dire effects, and that would accomplish the opposite of what they claim to want, because a default would immediately make the government more, not less, important.
Ils soutiennent une politique qui aurait des effets désastreux, et qui accomplirait le contraire de ce qu’ils prétendent obtenir, parce qu’un défaut rendrait immédiatement le gouvernement non plus moins, mais plus important.