It can't be any worse...
Leave the USA with just Washington DC? We could start over from scratch— Get rid of Unions, Entitlements, Political Correctness, Debts. Let China hold worthless bonds (just like we did when the Commies took over China. Mexico did the same thing to us in 1910. Our credit would suffer but—if we go back to the gold standard and pump our own oil we would not need to spend anything. Knock the foreigners out of our industry by getting rid of NAFTA. Rebuild our factories and infra-structure. It would be hard and we would lower our standard of living for a while but—in the end it might be better— Who, what person could we build a nation around? Who is our new Washington?