THE BIGGEST ISSUE TO COME in a single chart.


It reminiscent of aviation's ”coffin corner”, that part of an aircraft’s flight envelope where a slight reduction in speed will cause the wings to stall and the aircraft fall out of the sky and a slight increase in speed will cause the wings to fall off - and the aircraft fall out of the sky.

Raise taxes - the economy collapses. Raise spending - the economy collapses.