Bernija1 -- you should be aware that one of our esteemed mighty-righty wingbutts/bagnuts/teabuggerers recently (last coupla months) said we could handle our debt and deficits by just selling off Canada (I definitely saw that, the comment drew some satirical responses at the time, but danged if I can find a source on that right this minute) -- so don't fret for us, we'll be just fine, you are one who needs to get ready to hand over your house keys to some nice Chinese family when they come knocking on your door