The U.S. is borrowing like mad. Will we default?

In its battle against the financial crisis, the U.S. government has extended its full faith and credit to an ever-growing swath of the private sector: first homeowners, then banks, now car companies. Soon, President-elect Obama will put the government credit card to work with a massive fiscal boost for the economy. Can the U.S. pay the money back?

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