A QUEDA DO IMPÉRIO :

Yahoo ! News -  The Financial Physician - Thu Jan 6, 1:46 pm - clique aqui 1 .
Tesouro implora ao Senado: "Estamos falidos, aumentar endividamento ou dar calote".
clique aqui 2 . Never in our history has Congress failed to increase the debt limit when necessary. Failure to raise the limit would precipitate a default by the United States.  Default would effectively impose a significant and long-lasting tax on all Americans and all American businesses and could lead to loss of millions of jobs.  
clique aqui 3 . Even a very short-term or limited default would have catastrophic economic consequences that would last for decades.  Failure to increase the limit would be deeply irresponsible.  For these reasons, I am requesting that Congress act to increase the limit early this year, well before the threat of default becomes imminent.