I agree, even less probably
Americans, bless our hearts and minds, are notoriously independent, and we get mighty truculent when somebody tells us "no"
Let's hope for the best but prepare for the worst, and let's be kind to those less fortunate than us at this moment on the road of Life
"The note of hope is the only note that can help us or save us from falling to the bottom of the heap of evolution, because, largely, about all a human being is, anyway, is just a hoping machine."
--Woody Guthrie