I'd much rather the captain of the ship try to avoid the iceberg than plough straight into it! That said, the current captain is more interested in winning the next election than taking serious action, and maybe a huge crash is the only thing that's going to bring about the changes needed.
Maybe it's a case of that old cliche that you need to hit rock bottom before you can make real change...
superfrank wrote: that's the whole problem Jeff... the easy way out, i.e. heads in sand, 'extend and pretend' etc. will eventually lead us all to the poorhouse.