Search any news source on the web and you find stories about the debt ceiling crisis listed in the "Politics" category... unfortunately, that is exactly what it's all about - 60% of the pols in Congress are millionaires; millionaires are typically not effected by ups/downs of the economy and won't be effected if we default; Mr. & Mrs. Main Street will be effected.
Don't complain for what you don't have - be thankful you don't get what you deserve. Irish Proverb