I had it fine tuned down to the weather and the traffic report but found i could look out the window and then had no car. It's just about close to perfection laying in the shadow of the sails as the cool breeze wafts me gently......

Well put. Although the further back you went the more arrogant and useless they became until one day Fort Fumble The Five Sided Puzzle Palace and favorite hide out of Super REMF appears and if you are lucky in the rear view mirror.

Probably the same way Greece left the wagon. I recall much of that since we were running fuel from the Corinth Canal refinery to other parts of the Med. The smart people - mostly educated professionals were bailing. Then the reality smacked them like a not so fresh fish in the face. A couple of time we had to anchor out waiting for the political stuff to calm down. Retire at 55? Right and whose paying? When the other Euro countries said no....that was it. Reality although it depends on which party and they have a ton of them. We don't have enough they have too many.

The reason people buy zero percent T Bills is the government isn't going broke per se. In the event of a collapse as happened in 2008 the most those investors lose is loss of buying power. In a bank the most you can get back without a lot of complicated effort is $250,000.00 FDIC and that might be in US Savings Bonds.

The only one's to lose are the elderly and retirees. In effect the inflation, devaluation and debt repudiation keep the government solvent and the checks flowing. Everyione is so afraid that will stop they never yell What about the Cola adjustment on the 30% loss in value you caused. Side note. The banks and others didn't do a damn thing the government didn't authorize them to do or order them to do. not that they minded. When a third of competition is wiped out it's mother lode time.

the only thing that can go wrong is if they truly do go bankrupt and the printing presses stop completely. Figuratively speaking. Somehow they come out smelling like a rose but the screwed the rest of us and the world for that matter big time. Next time before you vote remember BOHICA and check for sand in the vaseline. For the majority there was no success. Not with a 30 or so percent increase in the cost of living and a corresponding decrease in value of the dollar

THAT is one of the other ways you are taxed with what amounts to a tax on a tax on a tax. It isn't done accidentally.It's how they can run up the debt and then make it disappear...except for Grandpa and Grandma. Most of whom are dumb enough to keep voting for the hand in their pocket anyway.

close to 60,000 few means two or three. not counting the rest of one side and the entire other side. the actual ratio and the only difference besides corporatist and statist socialists is the ratio in wars started by each side in numbers killed. Change that to Republican and Democrats. One US service member killed in wars started by Dumbo to 18 in wars started the Burritos - since the end of WWII. the assumption is Democrats want to cut down on the armed forces without major expenditure and republicans want them back to work in the factories. the other assumption is one side only votes for wars but neither supports them after words nor knows how to conduct one.

It's not however enough of a difference to make them separate parties. All groups have their dumb asses