@Robert Paulson: Again, you don't understand how international commerce works. US is not "borrowing" USD from anyone, much less yourself 
You don't think the rest of the world is trading with US and not sending collectors after us because we're loved, do you?
Srsly, go back to school or study for a GED
You don't think the rest of the world is trading with US and not sending collectors after us because we're loved, do you?
Srsly, go back to school or study for a GED
i understand how international commerce works perfectly fine.
the US is borrowing USD with every bond it sells.
the data is clear, the US is running a huge trade deficit on top of its already huge debt to the rest of the world.
if the world stops loaning, the US has to start printing 40 billion every month and hope that the rest of the world is stupid enough to continue accepting it as payment.
Robert Robert Robert...
You keep forgetting that we owe nothing but worthless dollars, dollars dat are "already dead," as you so poignantly pointed out.
Dollars you'll certainly agree we just print by the boatload.
Not much of a debt, amirite?
*And no, you don't understand economics. Let me explain it to you in terms you'll understand:
1. You have lent Anon 1 BTC.
2. Annon now owes you 1 BTC.
3. Anon, as is customary in Bitcoinland, tells you he ain't got it.
Who's got whose balls?
only in this case if Anon can't borrow anymore he can't pay for any imports anymore and goes hungry.
So...
Of all the idiots running all of the governments of the world, no one has caught on to just how scammy teh US dollar is? Only you?
'Cause US has no shortage of trade partners, so "Anon
Our dollar is doing surprisingly well this year
...especially rel. BTC :p
they all caught on to it, that's why they are all working on getting rid of the USD in international trade before dumping it on the market.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Development_Bank
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-23020718