@djjd62,
One need only look at recent polls to get an idea how voters are thinking and feeling about our future. It's a guarantee from the debt ceiling agreement that our economy is going to slow down further, and fall into another recession.
Americans said they were worried about the lack of jobs. With their support of the GOP-tea party position to cut expenses with no new taxes only accomplishes the opposite of what they want.
We just have to wonder how many more government jobs are going to be lost at a time job creation in our economy is barely showing a fraction of what is needed to keep up with demand.
You can bet your house on it, that our future looks more bleak now than it did one month ago.