My point exactly, it may not be long before those obligations are not going to be met due to the system crashing. This new omnibus spending bill may prove to be the catalyst that starts that ball rolling. Inflation starts, purchasing slows to essentials only, jobs are lost as a result, and the system begins to caves in on itself.
Just not gonna happen. The crash of 2008 highlighted what the fed was willing to do to stay afloat. It was recently revealed that the feds had contingency plans that had contingency plans that were never even used, but were there in the event of a total crash. They WON'T allow themselves to live in a mad max environment of economic collapse. We have been hearing for YEARS how unsustainable the debt is, and yes, every bit of economic wisdom says we should have had total collapse long, long ago, and we all keep waiting for it, but it never comes. I have a suspicion it's going to take one helluva lot more to collapse the economic system.