Only $400 a day?....that seems like a bargain. (lol) I know what you meant, couldn't help myself there.

"Of our government or the states" "the US government, or the states, some of which owe billions to pension funds."

The way you wrote it made it appear as some foreigner giving an analyst. I've seen people being sarcastic write "the good ol' US of A", though not unheard of it's rare people write USA instead of US government. Just seemed odd.

I think you are spot on in the overall view of the stability involved here, it's walking a very thin line. May actually be why you see Walmart and Amazon trying to step up demand for products by jumping starting the Christmas holiday shopping wars early. May also explain why gas prices have held under two fifty a gallon for the last couple weeks. The more people have to spend the more it spurs the economy. If that keeps up we may see some pretty low gas prices this holiday season.

The bigger question I would imagine is when will they run out of options to finagle, run out of wiggle room and where that's going to lead down the road. It's some pretty scary thoughts.

Most people are just trying to make it day by day as you somewhat stated. It's pretty hard to explain to my son that your good fortune to land a job making seven bucks more an hour than before Trump came into office and three bucks more than your last job doesn't mean all is well and you should proceed with caution while he's all joyous. Actually I tried, he was like you always are looking at the bad side of things....that may be true but it is those of us who do who end up being more prepared as we've done dealt with those thought processes before they creep up and hit us unexpectedly. I was just trying to tell him his new job is construction related, they provide for the construction industry, those who are building are more apt to be those borrowing and in a potential market crash they are the first to experience a freeze on credit availability versus the food industry in which he use to work. Right now with the construction boom, creating overtime and your new found fortune just proceed cautiously and don't over extend yourself. I thought that was pretty sound advice whereas he saw it as more of a naysayer thing. They don't tend to look at the dynamics of cause and effect.