Government Shutdown & Maxing our Credit Card

So, here we are, DAY 15 (dun, dun, dun, dun)... I certainly feel poorer - still non-essential apparently - but, do i feel the weight of a non-exhistent government bearing down on my life?  Um, no, not really.  But, but, but, you say, what about the debt ceiling?  We are about to hit the debt ceiling -- then, all of our surviveralist, Y-2-K'esk fears come roaring down on us.

Summary of Problem:  We (America) have lots of debt (BIG credit card balance), and we (America) cannot seem to (metaphorically) get out of bed in the morning and get to doing what needs doing. 



Proposed Solution:  We (America) file Chapter 13 or 11 (which ever gets us free from all that terrible debt) - everybody in Congress is telling us we are insolvent anyway.
 AND then we (America) shutter our doors and head out to backpack across Europe.


Sort of work as you go thing - maybe hire out our Agg department to a country that is experiencing a famine; send our military out to help pacify a skirmish -- but, here is the novel idea, we charge $$ for our labor!  No more debt, we'll have broadened our horizons and helped others along the way, and maybe then we will be at least a bit wiser (anything would be an improvement)!