That may be part of the point. I'm not privy to what the insiders on "on the hill" are thinking. Another possibility is that folks in D.C. are scared that som

That may be part of the point. I'm not privy to what the insiders on "on the hill" are thinking. Another possibility is that folks in D.C. are scared that something worse than 9/11 is in the horizon. What could be worse?...global economic collapse. Is it real, is it FUD? Hard to say. But the "PIC" (people in charge) seem to be hedging their bets. My apologies for sounding like a post from some other forum. Fear does seem to be a primary motivator these days.