[blam]

"It won't become painful to borrow from our grandkids for quite some time, and it will probably not become progressively painful, either, because we will suppress the pain with superlow interest rates and other trickery. The pain will more likely be of the sudden, unexpected, "this can't be happening to me" heart-attack sort: the free-money machine will unexpectedly grind to a halt in some sort of easily predictable but always-in-the-future crisis. "

A 'Black Swan'?

There is no peaceful/painless way back from here.

We've been 'kicking the can' way to long.

[PeterPrinciple]

There is no peaceful/painless way back from here.

---

Repeat LOUD and OFTEN.........................