U.S. could be facing debt 'time bomb' this year

[sweeps]

Investors' thirst for American securities could finally be quenched

MSNBC article

[poundwise]

You say that like it is a bad thing.

[sweeps]

The world no longer considering us worthy of repaying our debts? Yeah, that's a bad thing.

[poundwise]

The world no longer considering us worthy of repaying our debts? Yeah, that's a bad thing.

Yeah, that is bad. The fact that our ability to repay is in question? Well, you can't fault them for that.

I think we look bad and I hate how we are such a debtor nation. However, perhaps all of this current turmoil is just what we need to instill some fiscal responsibility and right the ship.

(Hey, I thought you were the optimist.)