better to sell while they still have value, because the feds are broke; dead broke.
I also reccomend selling off zillions of acres of federal land out West.
This country has experienced 7 big time defaults on govt debts . Most of the time, the govt has managed a soft default to soften the blow. I sure wouldnt want to be dependent on any govt pension or payments in the future.
Therefore - sell while we still can and eliminate the debt
So we agree that it makes us look broke to the world, like a 3rd world nation.