[AndyJackson]

“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”

We have been on the gradual part for long time. The interest on the debt is now a major component of our national budget.

[Starboard]

Each taxpayer’s share of the national debt is $323,000. I suppose some of our assets could be sold off to lower that amount somewhat, but its still a problematic number.