There is no point in comparing the US debt with the DR debt for the simple reason that the USA is the largest debtor in the world.
No other country in the world owes more than the USA, why? Well, there is alot of confidence in the US government paying back the money it owed with interest sometime in the future. Why? Because, the United States government is the only government in the world that has never in its history defaulted on a debt. That is also why government bonds in the US are much more secure than those of other countries, because the US government guarantees it will pay you the principal and interest once the bond matures.
That's not to say the US will never default, there is a first to everything, it's just that it will probably not be anytime soon. If the US did not defaulted in its early days when it was an agricultural empoverished and uneventful country, then its safe to assume that it will not default anytime soon since now the US is the world's richest, largest, most effecient economy and its the only global superpower!
Keep in mind, I'm Dominican and although, I don't have grudges against the US, I am not very fond of it either. However, I do realize that the truth is the truth and what I have mention here my friends is the truth.
Stop comparing apples to oranges because that gets you to nowhere.
Now, if you want to compare the DR debt, lets compare it to Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, etc.
Those are my 38 pesos in this. (adjust the figure in your mind to the current exchange rate, kidding).