[Nowhere Man]

Right. Massive default. Great answer.

Wait 'till the Chinese repo men get here. See what you get from them.

Assuming such a scenario happens, would Red China trade Peking for Portland because I think the nukes would fly long before that. However, the other possibility is when the Red Chinese come over, hopefully behind each tree is a guy with an M1 Garand.

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"Chinese repo men" was more a reference to the bad effects repudiating the national debt would have: nobody would loan any of us money. We'd lose a lot in prestige and reputation. The world economy would shift even more dramatically than it already has to other parts of the world. I don't think they'll be coming over to strip our assets, but the result of a default won't be pretty.

The whole idea of the US as a superpower, though, goes if the country breaks up. Afterwards, some part of the former USA is going to be Kazakhstan, and UN weapons inspectors may be coming over to dispose of the dangerous stray nukes that got left behind.