Steve's Barking certainties in life

Mark Twain is quoted as say the only thing that is certain in life is death and taxes, (well may be not taxes for everyone). The real truth is there will be floods. There will be droughts, volcanoes,and earthquakes, tornadoes and tsunamis, throw in a hurricane or two. The smart countries will set aside moneys for the proverbial rainy day to help their people in time of hardship. These forces of nature can
also bring havoc on energy sources, food supplies and other variable necessities of life. I'm sorry individual responsibility will not cut it. This is the role of government and some times it can overwhelm even the best of them.My guess is that the United States has not set aside nearly enough money to help cope with disasters.  That being written, the debt ceiling must be raised.

What I've written in the above paragraph of certainty of economic uncertainties did not include the certainty of people making complete fools of themselves on economic matters. Oh I include myself in this. Why else would I write a jumbled paragraph as the one preceding this one.