[lonevoice]

We may suffer in the short term but we’ll survive and be stronger for it.

I totally agree with your sentiment and your conclusion, with one exception: If we let it die (and I think we should), we'll be suffering for much much longer than the short term. But long term suffering is truly the only viable choice if we're to preserve our Republic. I don't see that happening, however.

[atomicweeder]

There's an upside to all of this. I'm going to simply stop paying my mortgage. The bank will then send the loan to Federal government.

When the govt' tries to foreclose, if they even try, I'll just tell them that their records must have gotten screwed up in the transition -- and that my house was already paid off.