My wife and I have two nice homes, older automobiles (02&87) and NO DEBT. We are most fortunate (except for my wife being married to me) and we are conservative in our lifestyle and our politics. We are against more and higher taxes as we already pay more than we should. This is one of several reasons that I am voting for John McCain with no apology. Uncle Sam nicks us good for the privilege of living in the greatest (freest) nation on the planet. I only wish that I could convince my precious wife to leave the congested, over taxed war zone known as Houston in favor of The Hill Country. Fritz
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Nicholson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 5:50 PM To: Off Topic Cc: Russ K Johnson Subject: [ot_caving] andrew basevich A guy I wouldn't normally read (he's too conservative for my general tastes), Andrew Basevich, said something smart lately. Basevich is a Vietnam/Gulf War vet, retired colonel, West Point grad, Johns' Hopkins professor, etc.... He said he couuld trace our current financial crisis on our "mistaking freedom for consumerism". I agree with him... We've shifted to a mindset wherein it is our birthright as Americans to rabidly consume...often beyond our means. We live our lifestyle on the soulders of the rest of the world.... Our #1 industry is now credit servicing; in the early 70's it was manufacturing. Our entire cultural midset has devolved into rampant comsumerism...... The housing fiasco, greed on Wall St., everyone credit-carded to the max...it's downright scary! And sorta sad to see our great country wallowing in a Huge Mess that was forseeable/preventable (at best) and probably repeatable (at worst). Scott Nicholson, Broker KW Commercial 512-947-2688 Discovery Realty Group www.DiscoveryAustin.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Give this to a friend: [email protected] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Give this to a friend: [email protected] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
