Sounds heartless, but it wouldn’t be so bad if that scenario should become reality. Because that and much worse will happen when the US Dollar collapses.
The Congress and big media and talk radio have been quite content lately with the US debt going parabolic. Nobody raises an eyebrow at trillion dollar deficits anymore.
Maybe, just maybe, this ‘trial run’ will cause the electorate to demand some fiscal responsibility.
On the other hand,...
That was the Tea Party. The GOPe and the IRS snuffed it out ASAP.