Coulda, shoulda, woulda. Or, too bad, so sad. Seriously, when are people going to realize that this was an intentional take down?
If you're in the business of selling debt, you want customers buying your product ie debt, right? Skills, wages, savings, earnings & (capital) investments are like garlic to these vampires.
To make it even better, why dick around with one-offs (ie individuals) when you can go for the whole enchilada by collectively selling debt @ the fed, state & local level in the multi-trillions?
So, you go for the two-fer: import/train people who want increased gov't programs (debt); AND import people who don't possess enough skills to effectively add any value (ie earn wages) to the economy other than mow lawns. Thus, everyone must supplement their cost-of-living via debt.
CC, the biggest obstacle this country faces is people like you who cannot bring themselves to admit the game is over. After Stalingrad in Feb '43, it was all over except the crying. The smart ones knew the score, and prepared for the end-game.
Travis has been all over this. You can delay, pray, wish & hope, but it's already baked into the cake. The sooner we get through this process, the sooner we can begin the re-building process.
We need to hunker down a bit and ride it out before we can start rebuilding. And the ones who are fighting it the hardest will be the first “domestic terrorists” they come for. So lay low, register Democrat, and try to survive the ride.