Yes, and it's the reason bringing the deficit under control is off the table, and the reason meaningful welfare reform is off the table, and it's the reason EBT is exploding, and, and, and...
Look the terrified congressthings are not WRONG that nationwide riots and looting, and even racial killings, are going to happen when they finally confront the issues that are destroying the country.
What they're wrong about is that they can keep the peace indefinitely, even by running $1 trillion deficits as far as the eye can see. The fact that their time horizons now only extend to the day they can get out of town is the whole problem, in a nutshell.
And the insurance industry is probably paying congress off, to keep from paying out the trillions they would lose from country wide Obama inspired slash and burn.