The biggest problem facing this Nation is the the people do not know the severity of the money problem, especially the younger section of our society.
During the Great Depression, peoples heads were not into electronic gadgets or sitting there watching television. They could not get their food stamp credit card to fill their food cupboards. Young people had responsibility at a very early age. They could "feel" being poor.
People today are poor but they don't have to feel it. Where children used to help around the farm-home, at 10 years old, the children of today do nothing and stay at home till they are over 35. You take away their iphone and they are depressed. Golly, oh my!!!

The only way this country or any country will survive is a total breakdown or at least some kind of rude awakening. We are too complacent. Poverty is described as having 2 cars, television, cell phones and plenty of food stamp groceries. There was a time when that would be described as being rich.
Some how we are going to have to suck it up. There will be a means-testing for social security and other entitlements. Government pensions will have to be brought in line with social security payments. Maybe we will have to stop importing and truly buy American products again. At least that will get us working again.

Anyways, it is raining outside and this is just a few of my idle thoughts.