Stumbled upon this the other day and it seemed worth hoisting up here this morning:
Towards the end, the American consumer is characterized thusly: “People spending money they don’t have buying things they don’t need”. Hmmm… I’ve said that many times over the years and never really knew where it came from.
Also see the late Mr. Carlin’s take on the fading American Dream which, actually, is part of the same appearance – skip to about the 1:30 mark to pick up where the last one left off.
