One more thing, monstrous Annual Deficits & unimaginable Accumulated Debts are bad enough; however, what also matters big time is the 'Unfunded Liabilities' amounts that are so unfathomable that they cannot even be reliably estimated. I've heard figures about the US that range from $50 Trillion to $150 Trillion - obligations that are promised but with no funding. Canada's are less but certainly not manageable either.

I'm glad that I'm an old phart that doesn't have a lot more time to watch this play out. I hope that I'm gone before it does....

TAM