On CNN, US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland sounded desperate, trying to make the case for Congress to pass another $61 billion dollars to fuel war.
I think most people intuitively approach government economic data with at least a grain of skepticism. After all, government people have a vested interest in making us think the economy is humming along just fine.
"Rip it all down! Let Rome burn." Many are crying out for a Second American Civil War! I cannot see that tearing it to shreds and living in ashes is somehow better.