Dear Readers,
The political theater to which we’ve all (especially those of us in the United States) been subjected over the past few weeks has been taxing to say the least. As many of you know, Democrats and Republicans have been blustering on social media and in the news about the supposed forthcoming “default” of the federal government.
Politicians on both sides of the aisle are happy to pontificate and grandstand in order to earn brownie points with their constituents, but overall it’s a significant waste of your time and mine — we all know how this story ends: