been escalating were less of an emergency?

They have known for 40 years we are going to run out of oil....it is an emergency...no action from Washington for 40 years...

They have been going to run out of money for the last 20 years alt least...no corrective actions to stop the bleeding. We have the laughable threat each year to shut down the government...every year....no corrective action to see that it never happens again.

One could view their totally irresponsible lack of action on a couple of things (probably more). One they have inside knowledge, hence the continuing year after year of doing nothing because they KNOW things are not as bad as they appear....OR....they are like the captain of the ship heading toward the falls saying the noise and fast water is nothing more than the weather, it will get better....well now they too can see the falls and they still maintain it will be OK.

So what is it that they KNOW? What other possible explanation could be offered for such irresponsibility in the face of imminent disaster?

btk