Awesome article. Very interesting and very thought provoking. But has at its core the exact fallacy that permeates all who espouse the current Democrat position - the premise that "since we are the richest country in the world, we should..." That horse left the barn about seventeen trillion hours ago (actually closer to 104 trillion but who is really counting)? To me, the current "debate" is akin to an abusive father trying to cut off and take the keys away from his crackhead kid. It's hard to take joy in any of it but sooner or later it needs to be done. The analogy breaks down when trying to determine who the "father" is as the obvious one tends to be just as irresponsible as the kid. The older we become, the less clear it seems to me my old friend as much as I try to deduce it all just seems to be political GIGO.