Süddeutsche Zeitung: Bankrupt by 2020

[Lars77]

http://watchingamerica.com/News/45051/bankrupt-by-2020/

This crisis can only be avoided if spending decreases and taxes go up, but there are no majorities in Washington that favor that approach. The president isn’t the central problem. Congress is to blame ...

[dtotire]

1. Bankrupt by 2020

From the article:


The world can only pray that Congress begins taking note of what it’s doing.

[Lars77]

2. ..And herein lies a lot of the reason for anti-American sentiment

The fact that most of it's citizens have no clue at all what goes on in the rest of the world, and even less how their own politics affects everyone else.