Socialism Lurking
My fearless prediction: by the time the last Baby Boomer dies, American socialism will make Sweden look like Hong Kong. This report shows how that's going to work (pay particular attention to Figure 3).
The Bushies are terrified of this, so are trying to wipe out every entitlement they can, not understanding or caring that everything they are doing will be overturned when it becomes apparent that no one can afford healthcare and no one has saved enough for retirement.
They throw sand against the wind, and the wind will blow it back again...
posted by Anonymous at 9:46 PM
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Interesting dilemma that figure 3, correct if in error: we can either stop paying interest on the debt and whack the monetary system, or socialize institutions, including insurance, medical care and finance, to control them out of
unavoidable necessity.
In my continuing fear that the Bushies prevail, I've been reading a lot of Dickens lately. I hope no one points out to Bush to compassionate conservatism of debtors' prison or workhouses.
Some not-very-well-considered character similarities.
John Ashcroft
John Jasper from "The Myster of Edwin Drood"
George Bush
I'm torn between Pip from "Great Expectations" and Uriah Heep from "David Copperfield"
Laura Bush
Miss Havisham from "Great Expectations"
Dick Cheney
Marquis Evrémonde from "A Tale of Two Cities"
Lynne Cheney
Madame DeFarge from "A Tale of Two cities"
Colin Powell
Sam Weller from "The Pickwick Papers"
Donald Rumsfeld
Bill Sikes from "Oliver Twist"
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