First published by Money Metals here: https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2019/01/17/debt-division-dysfunction-national-bankruptcy-001695

Never in our lifetimes has American politics been so marked by division and dysfunction. The longest partial government shutdown in history occurred after the Democrat-controlled Congress wouldn’t compromise with President Trump on a border wall. The impasse is but one symptom of a deeper malady – one that threatens to wreak wider social and financial instability in the years ahead.