Dass die USA pleite sind, hat man ja mitgekriegt. Wie dreckig es ihnen konkret geht, zeigt der Vergleich von theatlanticwire.com:

Here's one way to think about the debt ceiling debate: on Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department said that Washington now has a total operating balance of only US$73.768-billion. The Financial Post was quick to note that this is less than the cash reserve of Apple (US$75.876-billion).

As we continue to eat into our cash supply over the debate, the figures only gets worse. On July 18th, the Federal government had $114,326 billion in cash in the back. As of today, it has only $54 billion, which Business Insider pointed out is $2 billion less than Bill Gates.