March 4, 2007 journal, U.S. Comptroller General says there is no way out of dilemma, with mammoth medicare payments pending and the baby boomers going online to draw benefits. Then of course the war & its trillion dollars new debt. David Walker heads the GAO spoke to CBS 60 Minutes and it was aired tonight and validated as being credible. The Comptroller General is appointed for 15 years. Cheney has slam dunked his report. This is the most important message for America today and I've been saying it all the time. America is double broke and plucked up by the roots without a chance of a long survival. Reason given that we are spending out of control. "Walker says we have promised almost unlimited health care to senior citizens who never see the bills, and government already is borrowing money to pay them. He says the system is unsustainable, it's a number one the physical challenge for the federal government, it's the number-one physical challenge for state governments and it's the number-one competitive challenge for American business. We are going to have to dramatically and fundamentally reform our health care system in installments over the next 20 years", Walker tells Kroft. Actually, (there is no salvation.) It is my opinion the crash is imminent, long overdue and could happen any minute now. "And if we don't? It could bankrupt America, Walker argues. You're probably expecting to hear from someone who disagrees with the Comptroller General's numbers, projections, and analysis, but hardly anyone does. He is accompanied on the wake-up tour by econom-ists from the conservative Heritage Foundation, the left leaning Brookings Institute, and the nonpartisan Concord Coalition. The only dissenters seem to be a small minority of economists who believe either that the U.S. can grow its way out of the problem, or that he is overstating it. The Wall Street Journal for example calls you 'Chicken Little' running around saying "the sky is falling, the sky is falling". Unfortunately, they don't get it. I do not know anyone who has done their homework, has researched history, and who's good in math who would tell you we can grow our way out of this problem. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke validated much of Walkers take on the situation at congressional hearings this year, and so did ranking Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Budget committee. Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota thinks David Walker is providing an enormous public service. Asked if he agrees with Walker's figures and his projections, Senator Conrad says, I do. You know, I mean we could always question the precise nature of the projection. But, that misses the point. "The larger story that he is telling is exactly correct". Conrad acknowledged most people in Washington are aware of how bad the situation is, "They know, Republicans and Democrats, that we are on a course that doesn't add up," the senator tells Kraft. "Why doesn't somebody do something about it?" Croft asked "Because it's always easier not to, easier to defer it, to kick the can down the road to avoid making choices. "You know, you are in trouble in politics when you make choices". Senator Conrad said. Ask if he thinks taxes should be raised, the senator said, "I believe first of all, we need more revenue, we need to be tough on spending, and we need to reform the entitlement programs. We need to do all this. But he admits he doesn't think there's a consensus for raising taxes. Any politician who tells you we can solve our problems without reforming Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is not telling you the truth. Walker told an audience at the University of Denver. Over the next year, the nation's top accountant will be traveling to the early primary states, telling voters we need to began raising taxes or government revenues and put a cap on federal spending if we want to maintain our economic security and standard of living. If you tell them the (people) truth",