rollinbud
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[h=3]Fiddling While Rome Burns[/h] First, they came for the Big Gulp.
Then they came for the popcorn and sitting on sidewalks. Pretty soon, Big Brother will be telling you that you can't have a plastic bag for your groceries and that the paper ones will cost you extra. Oh wait....
We have moved into an era of complete government ridiculousness because government cannot stop itself from spending us into oblivion. Nor can government reform itself to stop the continuing destruction of our economy. So, while the President submits budgets so outrageously expensive that they get defeated unanimously in both houses of Congress and while the Democrat Senate refuses to propose a budget at all and while only the GOP House has the guts to pass a serious budget that would rein in spending and reform entitlements, government at all other levels is engaging in follies rather than deal with the fiscal issues before them.
In NJ, legislators want to force residents to have to seat belt their pets in their cars. If they don't? They'll be fined. (Revenue source.)
In MA, a town wants to outlaw the use of profanity in public. If someone is caught swearing? They'll be fined. (Revenue source.)
In NYC, Nana Bloomberg wants to ban large-sized sugary soft drinks...and now big pots of buttery popcorn and milk.
And in Berkeley, CA, the city council just approved a measure that would allow the public to vote on whether to allow sitting on sidewalks outside businesses during daytime hours.
You would never know that these cities and states are going broke with huge unfunded pension liabilities and other out of control costs. Nor would you know that the country as a whole is racing toward a complete debt-driven collapse. Why, cats n' dogs needed to be restrained in cars and people need to be told that a giant Slurpee might make them fat!
Many of our leaders are fiddling while the superpower falls apart. Focusing on small, meaningless things will not make the major problems go away. Nor will it endear your constituents to you.
Telling the truth about our big issues: that's what needs to be done. Thankfully there are still some grown-ups out there (Rep. Paul Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker) who have the guts to advance plans to deal with the big stuff. While the fiddlers fiddle, the courageous act.
http://monicamemo.typepad.com/weblog/2012/06/fiddling-while-rome-burns.html
Then they came for the popcorn and sitting on sidewalks. Pretty soon, Big Brother will be telling you that you can't have a plastic bag for your groceries and that the paper ones will cost you extra. Oh wait....
We have moved into an era of complete government ridiculousness because government cannot stop itself from spending us into oblivion. Nor can government reform itself to stop the continuing destruction of our economy. So, while the President submits budgets so outrageously expensive that they get defeated unanimously in both houses of Congress and while the Democrat Senate refuses to propose a budget at all and while only the GOP House has the guts to pass a serious budget that would rein in spending and reform entitlements, government at all other levels is engaging in follies rather than deal with the fiscal issues before them.
In NJ, legislators want to force residents to have to seat belt their pets in their cars. If they don't? They'll be fined. (Revenue source.)
In MA, a town wants to outlaw the use of profanity in public. If someone is caught swearing? They'll be fined. (Revenue source.)
In NYC, Nana Bloomberg wants to ban large-sized sugary soft drinks...and now big pots of buttery popcorn and milk.
And in Berkeley, CA, the city council just approved a measure that would allow the public to vote on whether to allow sitting on sidewalks outside businesses during daytime hours.
You would never know that these cities and states are going broke with huge unfunded pension liabilities and other out of control costs. Nor would you know that the country as a whole is racing toward a complete debt-driven collapse. Why, cats n' dogs needed to be restrained in cars and people need to be told that a giant Slurpee might make them fat!
Many of our leaders are fiddling while the superpower falls apart. Focusing on small, meaningless things will not make the major problems go away. Nor will it endear your constituents to you.
Telling the truth about our big issues: that's what needs to be done. Thankfully there are still some grown-ups out there (Rep. Paul Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker) who have the guts to advance plans to deal with the big stuff. While the fiddlers fiddle, the courageous act.
http://monicamemo.typepad.com/weblog/2012/06/fiddling-while-rome-burns.html
