The USA is not broke....
How do we know this?
1. Golden Parachutes are plentiful
2. CEO pay packages are quite plentiful
3. Special interest funding of elections is at an all time high
4. Health Care industry has many billionaires
5. Corp jets are still flying
6.There are some very smart and very rich people, and the central banks of Japan, China, and many other countries that hold a large share of their assets in U.S. government bonds.
That's all wonderful, Merrill...but we're talking about the US "Government" which is in fact broke.