Now is the time for Spartan mentality in the city.
There is great merit in the ethics and idealogy of Sparta, and the
public could and would get oriented to it and enthused about it.
People are into no fat food and walking and running -around the
lake, all of which kind of thinking easily would transfer to handling of
finances of the city, and would solve the budget problems.
Instead of hanging out at the Athenean public bath and continuously
feasting on grapes carried in by city servants, --or as I saw once in an
all you can eat Friday fish deal, where the obese guy with his wife and kids
sat there, the guy yelling every 10 minutes, 'more fish'-, People become
self sufficient and are working for improvement, both personal and public.
The economy, -federal, state and local, -to include the stock market-
is just waiting for the Iraq thing to happen and get over with, after
which -when Ford stock is selling for six and seven dollars a share (it went
up 10% yesterday), it all will go straight up and all budgets will improve.
But transfering to a Spartan outlook is very much needed now and,
like vegetarian food, will be very much appreciated once given the taste
test.
James Jacobsen // Whittier
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