Umm that is not quite what I meant Don. Social health care is a must.
On 16 Sep, 16:21, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> t seems that many people seem to first ask for aid before trying to
> sort their own proplems out, umm or maybe I'm just getting a wee bit
> synical and grumpish as I get older?
>
> Is it still cynicism when it's the truth? It's been true since the
> 60's. LBJ's Great Society and then Medicaid and Medicare. What
> baffles me is how the American president can call these things
> successful while they surge toward inevitable bankruptcy. Even FDR
> knew Social Security wouldn't be sustainable. Our Entitlement
> chickens are indeed coming home to roost. If common sense doesn't mug
> Congress soon our National Debt will top 20 Trillion before the end of
> the next decade. Unbelievable.
>
> dj
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:41 AM, [email protected]
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> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> I can see in the US a growing cynicism and skepticism toward
> >> government, and this may be more a reaction to economic times, we tend
> >> to fall a few memes and kick into survival mode during crisis or
> >> threat.
>
> > I was thinkng about this very thing last night and a bit of this
> > morning on the way to work. I was thinking when did the spirit of
> > sacrifice of the generation that went to war and the generation that
> > grew up just after the war end, and spirit of 'I can't do this
> > without help' start?
>
> > It seems that many people seem to first ask for aid before trying to
> > sort their own proplems out, umm or maybe I'm just getting a wee bit
> > synical and grumpish as I get older?- Hide quoted text -
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