[algernonpj]

Uh, no. It's insane government politics that is threatening us with bankruptcy.

Such as flooding the country with 20 - 40 million illegal aliens (who liberally partake of the safety net while depressing salaries and keeping law enforcement busy), currently bringing in 125,000 new legal workers (green cards and guest workers) per month (add this to home grown new entrants to the labor force (per wsj)and it will take 225,000 new jobs net each month to keep even on the unemployment rate), 'free trade' treaties which pit American companies and workers against global corporations and workers who are not burdened with onerous level of regulation and taxation, bringing in third world immigrants who are immediately plopped on SSI, Disability, etc. ...

[BitWielder1]

Such as flooding the country with 20 - 40 million illegal aliens...

You got it. That's only a few. Irresponsible gov't spending is the #1 cause.
It is sucking the life out of the rest of the economy.