It had occurred to me that, whatever economic "philosophiy" was on top in Washington, the market could price securities efficiently because we would have the standard government indicators to, at least, guide us. The only thing to fear, I thought, would be if a failing administration took over "management" of the numbers. Impossible, I thought, or hoped. Then, today, this appeared: http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003024858