Jim, wrote:
.... Because of
government obfuscation

Translation- a multi-hundred-million campaign of lies & dedicated
cover-up that Nixon would be proud of

... most Americans don't realize the deep fiscal
hole we're in--and the fact that we're still busy digging. As David
Walker, the head of the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office

As soon as he criticises the Bush Administration, he's suddenly become
partisan, no matter how truthful his assertions.

pointed out, "The federal government's obligations, current liabilities,
and unfunded fiscal commitments are over $43 trillion and rising. . . .
Yes, that's trillions with 12 zeros rather than billions with nine zeros."

But hey, as long as we can keep suckering the Chinese and other Asian
core banks into buying up our debt, why stop? We're a credit card nation!

And if those "non-partisan" gov't bean-counters don't keep their noses
out of it, President Bush will fire their sorry butts, just like he
threatened to do to the head of OMB chief for revealing his
disengenuousness on the Medicare bill...

DSK