The decline in US economy is not as bad as it is portrayed in the media abroad. At least in Houston, I find the restaurants still packed during the weekend, having to wait for 40 minutes to get a table. The patrons must have an income from somewhere. The number of panhandlers (another word for beggars) has not increased at street corners. Either the welfare system is taking care of them or the media is inflating the decline story. Or may be, it just may be, it is different in Texas. :-) You know in Texas, we don't care whether it is rusted or not (ref to rust belt in Wisconsin), we just clean it and make it work again. Dilipda
From: uttam borthakur <[email protected]> To: assam <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Spectre haunting the rust belt Dilip da,If it is a pure political manoeuvre on the part of the democrats, it shall not be a big thing. But, if it is rooted to the declineof the economy, it may last awhile. Perhaps, you will know betterbeing there.Uttam Kumar BorthakurXXXXXXUttam, This is not a big issue in USA. It has happened in the past. Senators in Texas stayed away from Austin for two weeks one time. But sense prevailed, they came back and took care of their business. People like Jesse Jackson only bark, there is no bite. The states in USA have to balance their budget and that's what the governor is trying to do. The bone of contention is where he is trying to cut the costs. There will be a compromise. Rest assured, Egypt like situation will not develop over this. Partisan politics will finally bow down to common sense. Dilipda _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
