Possible Clues:

• We owe it to ourselves perhaps to state cause of bankruptcy
• Government bonds are part of it
• Amount a government owes
• Total government borrowing
• Till settled, it creates interest for people
• The full extent of governmental borrowings
• Obtain dental treatment which the whole country must pay for
• Money a country owes
• Congressional bone of contention
• End battalion possibly on account of country's financial problem?