Actually, comparing a personal credit card to the national debt is VERY APROPOS.
Especially after you read Creature From Jekyll Island.

Just like the credit card, the national debt is secured by the labor of the american people.
Just like the credit card, the money loaned is made up out of thin air.

Most of that debt is actually held by the country itself.

If you actually look into this phrase, you should be scared out of your mind.
Like, all of the money in social security is invested in "special" govern-cement bonds.
So, the govern-cement owes itself money? No, the reality is worse then that.