Why is the U.S. in the dire financial straits it’s in? Well, “Comeback America” author David Walker, who was formerly the country’s comptroller general and head of the Government Accountability Office, has a few ideas about what led to our “dysfunctional democracy” and he lays it all out in this clip from “The Daily Show.” Meanwhile, Jon Stewart gives an alternate translation for “e pluribus unum”: “We’re winging this.” Sounds about right. –KA

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