[BDBopper]

This whole mess makes me thankful I am not a politician in Congress. I'd be sweating like a pig and suffering from a lack of sleep.

Picture the financial situation like a dam. A piece of it has broken off due to years of apathy. Now there is water gushing through the hole. Unfortunately the people who should be rebuilding the dam don't have enough time to do it before they are replaced and a new team of people come in to handle the problem. The good news is there is a plug available (ie the bailout) to keep the dam from breaking. Unfortunately it is made from material that might cause the dam to break eventually. So do you use the plug or do you hope and pray that the dam doesn't break over the next two months during the transition?

If we are going to have to plug the hole we should demand solutions so the dam can be rebuilt as the first priority of the next Congress. Unfortunately I don't have too much faith in the upcoming administration.

One more analogy before I finish - We as citizens are desperately looking for a spoonful of sugar to make this medicine go down...but the sugar bowl is empty and there is none to be found. Ugh.