"‘The time has come,' the Walrus said, ‘to talk of many things: Of shoes-and ships-and sealing wax-of cabbages and kings-And why the sea is boiling hot-And whether pigs have wings.'"
Lewis Carroll, writing "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," had Walrus pronounce this to the Oysters whom he and the Carpenter were intent on having for supper. Speaking of such topics, which have no answers, would keep the Oysters talking and walking along the beach until they tired and became the main course, which of course, they did. Written in 1865, Carroll's proposal could easily be used to describe today's discussions about the state of the U.S. economy.