America's debt is the largest in the world for a single country. It runs neck and neck with that of the European Union, an economic union of 28 countries. For more, see Sovereign Debt Rankings. The debt is greater than what America produces in a whole year.
This deadly wound was in Julius Caesar's chest. Brutus, perhaps the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, stabbed the great man in the groin. Caesar landed only one counterattack when he stabbed Publius Servilius Casca Longus, the first perpetrator, in the arm with a stylus.
By then, Caesar had the Roman legion under his control. Cicero had to flee Rome. When Julius Caesar was assassinated, Augustus, Caesar's adopted son, took charge. He did not call himself a dictator or a king. He called himself emperor. He was the first Roman emperor. Cicero did not care if Rome's leader called himself a dictator, a king, or an emperor. Cicero continued to speak out against the rule of one man and spoke strongly for the virtues of a republic form of government for Rome. Cicero was assassinated because of his speeches against the emperor. Cicero-On the Republic.