tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post6539482536417138099..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #10278Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-72624028126003059052010-10-06T16:47:34.589-05:002010-10-06T16:47:34.589-05:00"What's the point of the state if it cann..."What's the point of the state if it cannot provide essential public services?" --- Precisely. Just as the evil emperor G Norquist has foreseen.ibillnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393569935967702940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-41109627275567003052010-10-06T09:37:09.358-05:002010-10-06T09:37:09.358-05:00We also spend most of our health dollars on the le...We also spend most of our health dollars on the least healthy ... and i'm soaking up way more than my share.Matte Graynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-61103336339490735582010-10-05T15:43:46.053-05:002010-10-05T15:43:46.053-05:00For those who haven't guessed, SAR is on vacat...For those who haven't guessed, SAR is on vacation this week - it's being mailed in and First Reader isn't able to clean up the errors, so just relax. One more and then there's silence until the operation gets scheduled and I come back to my usual haunt.<br /><br />ckm.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-85363834486124449562010-10-05T12:47:48.689-05:002010-10-05T12:47:48.689-05:00I am part of the shrinking middle class, but I hav...I am part of the shrinking middle class, but I have no desire to turn this into a class warfare type debate. Truth is we're spending money like drunken sailors and can no longer afford to do so. We're mired in expensive wars and policing the world. Our politicians are constantly finding new ways to spend our money and buy our votes. Worse yet they soon won't even worry about currying our favor or buying our votes. We don't have the money to compete with the banksters (who we've spent trillions bailing out) and the rest of corporate America. The spending machine is growing out of control and we'll be the ones footing the bill. One way or another.tselliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596800655393618573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-42735123130753034702010-10-05T12:02:48.719-05:002010-10-05T12:02:48.719-05:00Future Watch didn't link to the article for me...Future Watch didn't link to the article for me, perhaps this is it http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/04/county-firefighters-subscription/ <br /><br />Mr. Elliot: while it is true that the energy collapse will force a cutback on public services, at this point in time the major factor causing their decline is the greedy elite sucking up a disproportionate amount of our collective wealth. They have no interest in fairness or a rational approach to service reduction. They will be bleeding us every bit of the way down while denying that it is getting worse.Eric Hackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288021379443566141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-28696990304021794382010-10-05T11:08:37.871-05:002010-10-05T11:08:37.871-05:00Future Watch & Long Haul: >> How do you ...Future Watch & Long Haul: >> How do you propose to pay for all of this? Monopoly money? Shove the bills on our children and their children? Completely debase our currency to the point no sane person/country will accept it?tselliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596800655393618573noreply@blogger.com