> "the US have grown to a country based on consumption, spending and borrowing, but not on producing anything." Eh, not really. Services and other tertiary ind

> "the US have grown to a country based on consumption, spending and borrowing, but not on producing anything." Eh, not really. Services and other tertiary industries are just as much "production" as a factory or a mine is. The US government, and US citizens, are not much more indebted than average. You don't "run out of money" by buying foreign goods.