Given the size of the U.S. debt, it would have to be a very heavily leveraged buyout and, even though there's probably enough venture capital around to finance it, the resulting selloffs might make the situation even worse. At least Congress has so far managed to get their act together to avoid a default. Venture capitalists would just declare bankruptcy and move on leaving us holding the bag.
Given the size of the U.S. debt, it would have to be a very heavily leveraged buyout and, even though there's probably enough venture capital around to finance it, the resulting selloffs might make the situation even worse. At least Congress has so far managed to get their act together to avoid a default. Venture capitalists would just declare bankruptcy and move on leaving us holding the bag.
Given the size of the U.S. debt, it would have to be a very heavily leveraged buyout and, even though there's probably enough venture capital around to finance it, the resulting selloffs might make the situation even worse. At least Congress has so far managed to get their act together to avoid a default. Venture capitalists would just declare bankruptcy and move on leaving us holding the bag.