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In reply to the discussion: Why the Supreme Court Should Kill ‘Obamacare’ [View all]TheKentuckian
(26,314 posts)The accompanying destruction on our entire economy won't result in far greater and more widespread pain when the end finally comes?
Be serious, I'd be far less cynical if there was the slightest indication of using the little time this duct tape and spit job would buy to change course but there isn't which means it will fester and fucking explode.
I don't see punting an ever growing world of shit down the road so you don't have to live with the pain as any kind of nobility or virtue. I'm here too. I've got no magic shield or harbor to hide in during the shit storm and have no illusions about it being some speedbump, I just think it is better dealt with now than in a time of greater scaricity and far greater level of dependency. The insane percentage of the economy being ever dumped into the black hole is also discouraging for the prospects of the future being better able to tackle the task.
The crash will come. Be it in 10-20 years without this scheme or in 35-50 with it propping up the suicidal and predatory monstrocity. The choice is how far down the road and who pays the interest (aka whoever is holding the bag when the music stops) not whether there will be massive suffering but how much and what resources will be available to move forward.