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Commitments and Obligations

- James Howard Kunstler -

Well Mr Kunstler, we may disagree philosophically on many levels, but on this article we agree.

POTUS Coolidge is rumored to have said, "The business of America is business." Ergo we have voted for subsidized business which funds lifestyles. Our tax dollars fund us minus a handling fee.

It doesn't hurt our pocket-books so badly if we share the burden. But now the pocket-books are getting mighty thin and someone thinks the public purse should keep granny alive even though her future contribution to the planet is less than that of a puppy's. That we need better schools in a suburb where only 40% are employed. And of course, fix the roads in suburbia where our children play video-games in their rooms. And we gotta keep the price of oil down by threat of super-power arms. And, ... and, ... . Bread and circuses on borrowed money.

Yes sir, you are correct. The arena will fall under the gross over-load. And the public will blame the entertainment they bought and paid for. Hell, the public even wrote the script.

There is a reason we say, "Don't kill the messenger."

P.S. This has gotta be good for at least 4 downs.

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Beginning of the headline :Conservatives have a legitimate gripe about America's excessive "commitments and obligations" to "unfunded liabilities" but their focus on Medicare and social security misses the larger point: our disastrous commitment to the current national lifestyle, in particular suburban sprawl and everything it entails. This point came across vividly in a video recently released by the usually level-headed David McAlvaney titled "The Fuse Is Lit Part 3 - an American Reckoning." In it, the smooth and ar... Read More

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