http://mises.org/community/blogs/fdominicus/archive/tags/Debts/changes_3F00_/default.aspxTags: Debts, changes?enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://mises.org/community/blogs/fdominicus/archive/2011/04/11/good-news.aspxMon, 11 Apr 2011 05:11:00 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:413088Friedrich Dominicus0http://mises.org/community/blogs/fdominicus/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=413088http://mises.org/community/blogs/fdominicus/commentapi.aspx?PostID=413088http://mises.org/community/blogs/fdominicus/archive/2011/04/11/good-news.aspx#commentsI&#39;m puzzling, Why is it good news that the US shutdown did not take place? They still have an insane budget deficit and the only thing they&#39;ve agreed upon is written on some sheet of paper. <p> We&#39;re still talking about a deficit at or around 1 trillions. I calculated once how much this will cost in the future. And this money is not invested just &quot;spend&quot;. Spend for the current obligations of government. There still are enormous amounts of money needed just to pay the &quot;promises&quot; like pension payments etc. </p> <p> If we &quot;break&quot; it down to private people it&#39;s that they needed new credits just to pay their eating bills. And there&#39;s nothing left for uncertainties. You get ill or layed of? Well too bad, just ask for more credit. So I can not the the success. It does not show how desperate the situation really it is. It&#39;s just a message that everything goes on (bad) as usual. </p> <p> Still all the money is sunk in diverse wars, and sunk into the most jails world-wide. The unemployment rate is not change &quot;automagically&quot; and people just get older and older. And just a few get all the money. So where&#39;s the good news really? </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=413088" width="1" height="1">politicsDebtsdeledefsunjusticegood news?changes?