Your assertations, Teresa, are things I agree with. The budget of a big government just doesn't work the same way as an individual's. My favorite economics professor taught this, and I believe it.
The problem comes when you want to convince someone who is skeptical. Like some of the posters in this thread. And you haven't got anything there to convince them with. Neither has the Democratic Party Platform 2004. Go read it and see; I did. If Kerry has anything on this topic, I can't find it and I have searched his web site twice now.
The Republican platform on Social Security (go read it, I did) contains such stupid ideas as the "privatization" sell. It's a dumb idea designed to appeal to anybody who thinks they're going to make better investments than the government, and who thinks that, if some of those self-investing folks go broke, well, that can't possibly happen to him. But it's something pleasant to daydream over. The idea provides the illusion of control. Imagine the appeal. That's just a better currency right now than the warm and fuzzy "the government will take care of you" stuff you're handing out.
Which is too bad, because I truly believe that it is among the government's jobs to keep the most needy above water. Not doing so is immoral.
Kind regards.
Another sign of trouble is that you suddenly realize that all your friends hate you, you’re having an awful time, you’ve made a fool of yourself in every conversation you’ve been in so far, and you should never have come to the convention. This is definitely a sign that you should go back to your room and take a nap. When you wake up, things will be better.
So very true. Burningman emphasizes this also by saying something like, "If everyone around you is vile and obnoxious, it's not them, it's you. Drink some water. Get a nap."
I looked for the exact quote in various places on the Burningman web site, but could not find it.
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