I think what you are missing is timing wouldn't it be nice if we could all just sit in an ivory tower and plan things out so they would be sustainable for all time? and that might actually be possible if our ancestors never committed any financial sins but you know, Karma it's one thing to repent from your sins, it's another to make restitution I have a bumper sticker on my Subaru "Chinese Are People Too"
the thing is, when you hear the crap coming out of the republican party today, and the non crap coming out of the brain dead democrats Krugman is the only one who has a plan that makes sense to a risk taking trader you can either run this country like you are running your family budget or you can run it like it is your business I know for me myself and I, I have taken some risks in my business that I would have not taken in the family budget at least he has a plan create jobs now, even if the government has to borrow money to do it lower taxes, especially the payroll tax grease up the economy, get it rolling, then raise taxes and become a deficit hawk and that is just to get us back to square one where we should already be by then, medicare will be a true crisis that even the democrats can't ignore but at least by then we (hopefully, if nothing goes wrong) will be fighting it from a point of strength. It's a gamble, but it's a plan you got a better idea? Let me guess, just let everybody that is unproductive and poor die off That's how I do it in trading if you aint performing, you get closed out, no mercy