The only means by which the US government has been able to maintain the legitimacy of its power is to borrow over $32T. If not for that, it would have significa

The only means by which the US government has been able to maintain the legitimacy of its power is to borrow over $32T. If not for that, it would have significantly diminished influence and have lost even more trust than it already has. This is the beginning of the regression to the mean and the rating is still arguably generous.