Specially for America wouldn't you think Russia is struggling but AGAIN lets not forget the cold war in which USA tried extremely hard to really hurt Russia , Truth is Russia came out stronger Although Russia is amoung leading countries in oil n gas production thing is they have gas and oil USA does not this is why there in the middle east to begin with
Actually USA had to confirm to the creditors there not drilling and using lands they used as collateral to secure loans to begin with lets not forget all the wet lands and other protected places you as a citizen cannot enter
is to secure loans
Wake up call
Even if our budget was balanced, we would still be in trouble because we don't have the cash flow left over to pay the interest on our existing debt. This means we borrow to pay the interest which means the existing debt is compounding. It doesn't take an expert to realize the eventual results of that. If we continue to spend more than we take in, the U.S. government is heading for an eventual collapse.