- gambling has been completely embraced by the state i.e. lotteries (' Imagine the Freedom'), casinos, sports betting, ...( have you noticed the ' gambling problem' ads in the newspapers of late?
- credit card use beginning before you graduate from university with usury level interest rates even as the Fed drops interest rates
- the cost of post secondary education
- buy now and don't pay till 2003/4
- car leasing for those who can;t afford to buy
- the size of homes and therefore all the stuff you need to fill them
- our obession with all things related to business; compare newspaper, radio and tv coverage of stock market (gambling)and business 'news' then and now
- saving for our senior years because we don;t want to burden our children with caring for us and we worry about being warehoused in smelly old folks' homes
This almost makes me want to burn something down, oh well,
Once again Happy New Year
Brian McAndrews
