The Federal Reserve Board should have a far greater role than stabilizing the drift in a sinking ship. The United States journey to bankruptcy need not be taken as an end all event. Not to worry, the United States will merely be duplicating the experience of the Romans, Germans and Russians.
Instead the FRB should be tasked with the responsibility of assessing the strengths and weaknesses of Debt Restructuring. Debt Restructuring is a mechanism where there is a simultaneous examination of all creditors and reductions are made to maintain the economic presence of the debtor. Debt Restructuring is used in the private sector in the US and in the public sector (governmental agencies) abroad. That said, Debt Restructuring, as defined herein, is much broader than that used in the financial sector in that it borrows mechanisms from a range of disciplines including administrative law and welfare economics.