Things falling apart

Consider this just an ideas open thread.

Keep it clean, children could be reading.

I’ll start:  There is a deep sadness at the loss of members of SEAL Team 6.  Every soldier is valuable and mourned, but this tragedy seems to be special.

Updates:  This chart from Division of Labour (one of the Blogs I Read) in a post titled It’s the Spending Stupid:

And a columnist at The Hill notes S&P credit rating analysis values spending cuts more than tax revenue.

Tags: Budget Deficit, Taxes, Terrorism

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