We were supposed to 'collapse' back in Jun 2010, according to the Russians.
Gambit, you support US for obvious reasons, as a collapse of US$ will finish life style of you and your family based in US. but have a look on the budget expenditure of US in my post #13, around
23% is spent on medicare,
20% on social security,
6% on interest, and
19% on defense =
68% of total Budget Expenditure
of Budget Deficit of 9% to 10% of GDP. and rest of
32% of expenditure includes payments for education/government servants/police/political tours etc also. means, you have very less to spend on investments etc this way
and here again, a developing economy like pakistan may have high debt but on long run, it would have 4% to 5% growth so obviously Debt to GDP ratio will come down. but a developed economy like US/EU is 'saturated', not enough space to grow in future, and more you are borrowing to pay for the expanses, more you are going into higher trouble.
remember, US was supposed to face 'deep' recession in 2010 but more borrowing by breaking down debt ceiling of 100% debt/GDP ratio let you survive. and also if you have a look on the datas of last 4 years, since late 2008, then US is only borrowing to survive and have increased Debt/GDP from 70% in 2008 to around 103% right now. the same for Britain whose Debt/GDP was 50% in 2008 and now 86% to date, but GDP size is still maintaining the same? no real growth and you are just maintaining your economy size with higher borrowing to pay for the expanses/bail-outs
and if we want to discuss the facts then i can tell you few things in a simple way also, even if you dont have enough economic knowledge. that is, if you borrow money and buy a Truck then it means you will do business of that money through the Truck to return the debt and have growth. like how India invites private investments in infrastructure as it will finally help it have high GDP in future with higher return. but in your case, US borrow and pay for pensioners/medical/social security????? how will you return this money this way????
you may borrow upto 500% of Debt/GDP but it will be a suicidal case if you fall from that mountain as compare to falling from 100% debt/GDP level, isn't it? and except being hopeful to win few wars in short term to get work done, US dont look like have any future with any new technology which may again bring flow of foreign money into the country. and have a look on Libya war, and now Syria war, and then Iran on target and ongoing tussles in EU, India, Russia, South America, China etc, US has organized too many different types of wars every where, and is targeting different countries one by one. we hope US may get something out of these wars otherwise you would think to pack from there in just 2 to 8 years from now........