In the not so distant past, Apple represented quality, technical excellence, American-made products, American ingenuity, intelligent design, performance, security, and nonconformity.

This is such an obvious question. Yet how many people on CNBC or MSNBC have ever answered it for you? You are left to assume that the US is such an incredibly efficient and hard working nation, that everyone trusts us to pay that debt off at some point in the future…. Right? Anyone? Bueller? (Ferris Beuhler’s Day Off reference for our non-US readers).