On Jan 4, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Dan M wrote: > And yet, you sing we're on the eve of destruction? > > Dan M.
I guess part of my cynicism is frustration at having had to live in the wake of the Boomers most of my life, and survive on the scraps they missed, when it seems the only response to my getting closer to actually joining the middle class and becoming financially stable is the goalposts moving farther away just when I think I'm about to get there. The tail end of that curve is not a happy place, and when the idea of having a financial cushion of savings and investments to soften the blow when things flame out is sort of a cruel sadistic taunt, the prospect of having the whole system collapse and render any of my efforts moot seems like a final indignity .. and it leaves me in a rather cynical mood. I'd like to be more optimistic, but I'm at the trailing edge of the herd and the wolves are a lot closer to me than to some of the people with the "let them eat cake" attitudes about cashing in a few stock options to pay the bills for a few years. It's very much on my mind these days. "It should be a fight! We disagree on something important and immediate." -- Toby Ziegler _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
