Washington games and their consequences for risks, taxes, stimulus and investing

There is an old house with a box of dynamite in the attic.

Every few years, for as long as anyone can really remember, the children of the house have brought the box downstairs and played games with its contents.  The owners have never seemed very concerned – after all, so far, it has never exploded.  But each generation of kids seems just a little more reckless and irresponsible than the last and it takes just one mistake……