If it doesn't pop it is going to consume the country, the economic effects will create political ramifications that will make the United States unrecognizable (more so) Since the Fed started hiking interest rates a substantial part of the country has been in a serious financial downturn. Now with the shut down it is becoming a crisis of food as well. It's been invisible because the massive bubble which has accrued vast amounts of money to a small fraction of the population. This has to stop. The bubble has prevented there from being any sort of help to the people in the economy who are suffering.
