In all seriousness, we really don't want the U.S. to default on it's loans. We all have our opinions on who/what caused us to get to where we are now, my opinion is ALL politicians on BOTH sides are responsible for this mess, and Nobama was a goon to throw money around like he has (my opinion) but, shutting down the government is not something we want to do.

I already know there's still a lot of fat on the government payroll that could be cut...anywhere from salary reductions to elimination of jobs in their entirety. I still think the government needs to take a look at itself and it's own daily operations, but I guess that's not likely to happen.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bernan....html?x=0&.v=7