[kika]

I'm not saying that US healthcare is great. I'm saying that having a weak economy and spending 30% of GDP is the definite way to disaster. See, the difference is not in the quality, but in the fact that US (inefficiently) spends money that it has (well, borrowed from China, but who cares, China doesn't), while Greece spends money which it hasn't. While having an overall (from the glance of the beholder) better health "climate" (obesity seems to be a nonissue in Southern Europe, red wine and olive oil makes wonders compared to HFCS, chips and beer). I live in Bay Area, buy organic food and all that, but still can't get used to how sweet is everything sweet is in the US.

[DanBC]

US debt is approx $15,722,000,000,000

The estimated population of the United States is 312,840,860 so each citizen's share of this debt is $50,000

[kika]

I owe you a million dollars, is it my problem? Yes, it is, you can sue me, you can take my home, my car, etc. I can go bankrupt, I will never see the light of the credit card again in 7 years, etc.

Who can sue US of A and send it to bankruptcy? Make it sell the 5th fleet to Iran to cover the portion of the debt? I'm not saying that 15 trillion debt is good or bad, I'm just saying that dividing it by population and coming up with a $50k figure is a propaganda. If I'm a US citizen and have $5k in credit card debt it doesn't mean that my debt is now $55K. These are two different debts.