I'm having a hard time understanding the thought process that allows our politicians (yours more than mine but they are all generally the same) to continue to spend FAR more than they 'earn'. A quick search shows that the USA national debt stands at $17T (that's trillion!) and continues to increase by some $1.8B/day. That's about $53K/person.
Canada is somewhat better (?) at $638B or $19K/person but better is only relative.
How can this level of debt and debt increase be viewed by any sane person as acceptable, normal, no problem folks? WTF!!??
Project this a little into the future and even the most dense among us (politicians?) must reach the conclusion that there will be a time when the lenders, mostly the Chinese, will say no more. What's the contingency plan for that? Sell of a chunk of real estate? Alaska maybe? Hawaii? Haida Gwaii? Total collapse of the worlds financial system might be the result.
Somebody mentioned that the doomsday preppers are starting to make a little more sense and I gotta agree. Time to start squirrling away beans.