Crows are very intelligent and make good pets too, They are like a raccoon to me, they can find mischief even if it's spelled wrong!
As far as "guvment" If they would run it like most Americans run their household, we'd probably be OK. I can't see my wife and I sitting down at the end of the month with this concept. "Well he spent more than we made this month and at this spending rate we will jeopardize our credit and wont be able to borrow more, so lets just raise the amount we spend for next month and risk it"