[jprobert]

The business model of Groupon is eerily similar to that of the US. Use current cash/bonds to fund payables and hope that it doesn't get out of control. For the US it already has but at least the US can raise the debt ceiling and print more money... something that Groupon can not do.

[r00fus]

The analogy also fails because the USG has weaponry (spending more than everyone else in the world combined) and Groupon does not.