Wow. I Can See The Future.

       I'm a bit late in making my predictions for this new year of 2013. Never-the-less, herewith are my predictions. A look at 2013 will be a look at 2012 without the campaigns. Well, at least the actual political campaigns. The campaigns to make the other party look bad and your party look good, will continue. But in 2013 you'll be able to watch TV without being bombarded with ads about how bad some politician is.
       Now if you miss having that sort of information or misinformation plastered all over the small screen, why, you can just tune into one of the many talk shows or faux news shows. You can watch either side find fault with the other side 24/7. I'll bet you can even find someone who doesn't agree with some portion of the constitution although nobody would admit it.
       So, my prediction is that things will not change this new year. We'll still have two parties that won't agree on very much of anything. Not that that's bad. Actually that's good. What's bad is that they won't figure out a way to compromise for the good of the country. What they will do is go back to their talking heads and ask those talking heads to find more fault with the other party. Talking heads love to accommodate this kind of request. It's what they do best.
       But I know that you want to know how this will all play out in 2013. Well, odds are that the government will not default. That we will not be able to purchase a trillion dollar platinum coin for our or your collection. That the military budget will not be cut by the amount it should, that we will still continue to fund pork barrel projects we don't need and don't want.
       Taxes will go up, but not as much as some folks want and more than other folks think is wise. The rich will continue to get richer and the middle class will get poorer and the poor will struggle more. The one thing that business and industrial leaders keep asking for is stability, to know what the future holds for them. Well the stability they will get is that things won't change. There won't be any golden answer in 2013.