Who wants a part of the US?
Can I have the bit with fertile soil perfect for cabbage growing. 
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On another note......
The whole world it seems 'owns' parts of the US due to their taking up our national debt.
This isn't exclusive to the US! Australia has gone the same way and is probably worse off because we have eff all GDP since the bulk of Oz manufacturing went offshore and our imports skyrocketed. The trouble is, we have economic clowns on both sides of politics and in treasury who think they have all the answers to get it under control.... and sadly they're all wrong.