If you're not thoroughly bummed out at this point

For a thoroughly naked view of where we are and how the irresponsible, lunatic politicians have maneuvered us into a deep dark hole, read The Clash Of Generations by Kotlikoff and Burns.  For a sample click the link below (must sign in but, great info delivered weekly):

Darkness at the End of the Tunnel

If you're not thoroughly bummed out at this point, we haven't done our job. You've learned that our country is in much far worse fiscal shape than any politician has let on and that our official debt bears no intrinsic relationship to our nation's true indebtedness. But don't stop reading. The story gets worse. Our reckless, generationally immoral fiscal policy has done terrible damage to the underlying economy. Yet few economists, let alone politicians, have connected the dots.

http://www.johnmauldin.com/outsidethebox/the-clash-of-generations

Economics doesn't get better or more disturbing than this…Read this book if you care about your children. Read this book if you care about yourself. And read this book if you care about our country.

John Silber