<<If they have so much power over us, how are they exercising it? I don't see it. To twist an old phrase: "If you owe the bank a billion, the bank owns you. If you owe the bank a trillion, you own the bank.">>
I do not disagree with you for the short-term, but the loss of control and flexibility over time is not healthy. It gives us less alternatives, and is a sign of US economic weakness.