David M. Walker speaks truth to power.

How can he do that in the USA?

He has a 15-year appointment as Comptroller General of the USA and cannot be brought down by the President nor anyone else.

Walker has compared the present-day United States with the Roman Empire in its decline, saying the U.S. government is “on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon.

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The USA is a great nation. But with no political accountability beyond the next election. Walker’s budget projections are “the dirty little secret that everyone in Washington knows, but no one will talk about”.

Watch an excerpt from the TV show 60 Minutes on YouTube, or click PLAY.

I don’t expect things to change.

Not until full out disaster forces the issue.

Thanks Barbara Anne for circulating this video.