The 'free ride' on using 'funny' money cranked out by the privately run FED is coming to an end. Bernanke knows the signs of the times that its counterpart enabler is crumbling--scandals at the IRS, NSA, TSA, DOJ....should we put them in alphabetical order to keep track? America is discovering it's been duped and is on a fast track to reckoning its drunken spending spree. Raising the debt ceiling is on the horizon and this time it won't be business as usual. Bernanke may resign before long and America will be primed (should she take the risk) for a dramatic change in how we use taxpayers money--a flat tax, a fair tax, or an entirely new department to replace the IRS. Never dreamed it could happen this fast, but these days, nothing surprises us--nor should it anymore.