The word debt elicits sympathy and makes the lender look rapacious and predatory

Student debt vs student loans

Developing nations debt vs third world loans

A debt crisis is paralyzing vs too much credit or borrowing is fiscal insanity

If a corporation defaults on bond payments we call them greedy and stingy

If USA defaults on treasury bond payments, the result is global financial panic

How do we know this debt crisis is paralyzing if there is no mention of the amount owed and at what interest rate