The folks on the other side of the pond get it. We are trying to maintain a system that cannot be maintained. It's over. YES it iS the Democrats fault combined with weak kneed Republicans. This medicine will be hard to take. The cure is worse than the disease. It's like Chemo. Yet, once the pain and the violence that will result as the cultural dysfunction collapses, the result will be an optimistic new day.

If we are to survive the looming catastrophe, we need to face the truth

The idea that a capitalist economy can support a socialist welfare state is collapsing before our eyes, says Janet Daley.