Originally Posted by blatantninja 
The prettiest turd is still a turd.
Maybe for you, not for the US.
[economic situation]Yes it is still a turd, but giving the global economic situation being the pretties turd is actually not so bad as it would normally have been.
[debt and fiscal cliff] Not for me nor for Sweden which has among the most stable economies right now… but surely for the US

Ok the fiscal cliff is maybe not that usual, but it could if laws had been the same as they are now… but surely the debt is completely normal for US.