We've had a flame war on another thread, but I think this article is about the debt in this country is more relevant about why the economy stinks, than blaming globalization, illegal immigrants, bush I, bush II, ford, clinton, or whoever. A debt of 23 trillion at an avg. interest rate of about 6 percent is 1.4 trillion dollars wasted on interest payments for which you get nothing. This is about 14 percent of gnp. Our trade deficit is a mere 500 billion and at least we get a vcr, shoes or something in return.