On the big picture coming up next. On this weeks show let me tell you about the birds and the bees they are disappearing why and why thats not good also this half hour when the facts of life arent obvious to government leaders citizen diplomats personal fear despite our leaders but 1st we shop til we drop even as the american middle class is drowning in debt im hala cook in washington for the next half hour its an impeachment free zone this is the big picture america. While President Trump crows about a booming economy the american middle class is. Browning in debt not including mortgages we owe 4 t. Trillion 1. 12 zeros a trillion and a half in Student Loan Debt haunts many people well into middle age car loans average over 32000. 00 now and a 3rd of new car buyers roll in the remaining balance from the last car alone with low unemployment Consumer Confidence is confident and the president nags the Federal Reserve to lower Interest Rates even more how did we get here and how risky is