This is not as far fetched as you would think! At some point in the near future no one will lend the Federal government any more money. In 8 full years Bush added 4.9 Trillion to the debt. In 5 years and 8 months Obama added 7.2 Trillion to the national debt. On January 2001 the national debt was only 54.3% of the GDP today it is over 100% and climbing — we have been living on borrowed money since 9/11 and at some point those that have lent the money will want to be paid back!