What's your debt ceiling?

So the fiscal cliff kind of reminds me of the movie speed, the part where the bus with the bomb on it needs to jump a gap in the road in order to keep going. Well in all reality, our country is on that same road, but the problem is the road we are on is a shovel ready one, and it's not as shovel ready as we thought. OOOOPSIE! What is your debt ceiling? See we avoided one crisis temporarily, and I stress temporarily because it will be coming back soon. On Monday January 7 we will hit the debt ceiling! What is the debt ceiling? The debt ceiling is a moving target, that the Federal Government cannot avoid, because they all have a spending habit! They are chronic spenders, and the problem with that is they are spending your money! Imagine having just won the lottery, and you have all of this wealth at your fingertips. Are you going to hesitate to buy that new Porshe, or house? Probably not, because you can pay for it. Now imagine that years of that luxury, that lifestyle become normal, because you conditioned yourself to living that way, and all of a sudden you realize that you have spent all of that money, and are now in a hole that you cannot get out of! That is the life story of our now bankrupt Government! We cannot pay back our debt, and at this point our government is not even trying to figure out a solution, they have simply just given up! Growing up, my father (God rest his soul) was in fact an alcoholic, and after years of living in that lifestyle my mother (God rest her soul as well) quit trying to make my dad stop drinking, and just accepted and loved him for what he was. That's how we are as a country with our many times over elected officials. We have done exactly what my mother did, but on a much larger scale. We are as much to blame as the politicians, because we have given them access to our checkbooks, and pretty soon, your account will be worthless! My debt ceiling is one that actually allows me to responsibly pay back the money I borrow, and still have money to put away for savings etc... What am I saving for? A rainy day, and guess what, we are suddenly becoming a tropical rain forest, during it's rainy season! I really wanted to start the year off on a happy note, and not be Dr. Doom as my wife calls me, however,Honesty is not just a Billy Joel song, and because it's hardly ever heard from our government anymore, I figured I would be honest and tell you that it is indeed time to "Panic". The sky is not falling, but the ceiling will come crashing down soon, get out of the house before you get crushed!