Nat'l debt has always been there, nuthin' new there, foreclosures were a produce of the Clinton yrs. when banks & mortgage cos. were MANDATED,(blackmailed on threat of DISCRIMINATION) to find a way to put lower income customers in a house they could never qualify for with conventional loan. & I don't give a rip about world opinion of the U.S. under any circumstance. I don't know who the decider is..guess the same as the fornicator & his decision to bomb the hell out of Bosnia..Lead directly to the mess in Georgia today. This stuff all had ramifications that go beyond your memory horizon Peger's