As we approach

next month's vote on raising the debt ceiling, many pundits are saying the Pubs won't dare 'shut down the government', just to make a point, cuz it caused so much trouble for them (and us) last time. HA! Wanna bet? This is the same crew who adopted the 'Sequester', which was billed as so Draconian that it would FORCE them to negotiate. AND, if you have further doubts, just realize the power that the Tea Party holds over so many of them. When you look at the various inhabitants in the Repub 'clown car' of presidential candidate leaders, just last year, you get an idea of how logic and rationality parted company with this crowd, long ago. As for financial planning, I'm expecting the Pubs to 'shut it down', no matter how stupid that is, cuz that's who they are and what they do. They can't help themselves. AND, a crashed economy is their only hope of regaining power.