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Hate to chime in here... but really? You're using a list of synonyms to support your argument? Your same list of synonyms says that bankruptcy is synonymous with "destitute."

Using your logic, bankruptcy = destitute.
Therefore, if you say the US is bankrupt, you must also be saying that the US is destitute.
Since the United States has piles of gold and plenty of food and vast amounts of resources, it's clearly not "destitute."
Therefore, the United States is also not bankrupt.

This is wrong. You're talking about insolvency.

1bank·rupt noun \ˈbaŋk-(ˌ)rəpt\
Definition of BANKRUPT
1
a : a person who has done any of the acts that by law entitle creditors to have his or her estate administered for their benefit
b : a person judicially declared subject to having his or her estate administered under the bankrupt laws for the benefit of creditors
c : a person who becomes insolvent
2
: a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute <a moral bankrupt>

in·sol·vent adj \(ˌ)in-ˈsäl-vənt, -ˈsȯl-\
Definition of INSOLVENT
1
a (1) : unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business (2) : having liabilities in excess of a reasonable market value of assets held
b : insufficient to pay all debts <an insolvent estate>
c : not up to a normal standard or complement : impoverished
2
: relating to or for the relief of insolvents
— insolvent noun
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I'm sure Arathain would agree if he were able to step back and look at his argument as well as the definitions provided.

http://nation.foxnews.com/debt-crisis/2011/07/28/pelosi-were-trying-save-life-planet-we-know-it-today

Can almost start a thread, stupid **** out of Nanci Pelosi's mouth, along with unemployment fosters employment.

Friday's vote was a critical test of Boehner's control over his tea party-infused GOP caucus. The speaker was forced to quell a right-wing revolt over the measure after a number of members complained that it doesn't do enough to shrink the size of government and stem the tide of Washington's red ink

Boehner, R-Ohio, managed to sway several of those members by including a provision requiring congressional passage of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution before the debt ceiling can be extended through the end of 2012.

I have faith in my Rep as an individual person -not just some guy with an R after his name- to do the right thing. If he ever does anything to change that I'll fire him. A lot of the freshman this year echo his point of view. The Speaker seems to be saying a lot of the right things and showing backbone, but there is a reason they say "Bay-ner is name, Boner is what he does." My new Senator hasn't given me any reason to distrust him yet. And well that other Senator of mine is an out of touch, dirt bag, Obama knob slobberer based on his actions and record, not the D after his name.

Bottom line is at the moment many signs point to the notion that Republicans have found the key to the drawer where they had locked their spines and conscience away for the last decade.

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin