[eggman]

The big government bubble has burst just like the tech bubble and the housing bubble. It can't be pumped back up with higher taxes any more. That doesn't mean the Obama administration isn't going to do everything they can to suck what little life is left in the economy.

[expatpat]

It’s nearly done. In the organized-crime tactic of a bust-out, a business is taken over and its credit is used to buy stuff for the mob until the credit runs out. Then the mob bugs out with all the stuff, and leaves the business with huge debts and no credit. We will see the current mob at the WH bug out soon, too, now the biggest bust-out in world history is almost finished.