The US Government Has Nearly As Much Debt As The World Has Wealth

"This is a truly record-breaking amount of debt for an empire.  Compare this to the Soviet Union which, in comparison, barely had any debt at all... mostly because no sane person would lend a communist government money.  The total amount of debt of the Soviet Union upon its collapse was $45 billion and was quickly paid off once Russia had become more capitalist and actually created wealth in 2006.  $45 billion is equivalent to what the US government goes into debt every 15 days currently!"