[tennmountainman]

This confirms what many of us have observed. These DC Hacks on both
sides are unwilling or unable to make the painful choices to save this country. I.e spending cuts.
Tax increases may delay it, but the only outcome left is a collapse.
One would have to be in denial not to see what is coming at the end of
the road. If these hacks are incapable or unwilling to address the real
issue, what outcome is left?

[45Auto]

The Rats only want to raise taxes; they don't care about any real spending cuts except in national defense, as they always have. I agree the only outcome is economic collapse because the Rats will use the additional tax revenue (which is a paltry sum compared to the total debt realized by unfunded mandates) to leverage even more borrowing and spending. The stock market is being driven by the Federal Reserve buying $85 billion in T-bills per month (about a $trillion per year total), and printing fiat currency to do it. There is a limit to federal spending no matter what the damn commie rats think and the bill is going to come due very soon.

This bill sets up another $4 trillion in spending, i.e., more debt. I expect another downgrading of U S Treasuries, soaring inflation, devaluation of the dollar, a lowering of wages, soaring unemployment, a lower standard of living and a final catastrophic descent into economic hell, civil unrest and God knows what else.

[Road Glide]

“One would have to be in denial not to see what is coming at the end of the road. If these hacks are incapable or unwilling to address the real issue, what outcome is left?”

The only outcome is that things will keep going the way they’re going until a complete collapse of the existing system either happens, or is so close to happening that the reality can no longer be denied, even by the hardened communists (of which most ‘rats are now, anyway).

Fearless prediction:
You won’t live to see any elected group of D.C. politicians — regardless of party — willingly take action that will reverse the decline. To do so would be political suicide, and very few (no?) political animal is going to commit hari-kari for the national good. That’s just not what humans (of any persuasion) do. This is to be expected.

The ship cannot be saved from foundering.
It can only be raised and salvaged -after- having sunk.