Francis

Cool Hand Bernanke Protects a Bankrupt Fed

Knust,

uncomfortable analysis, but I agree in principle with most of what you say; we have gotten soft, and we don't work hard, and the rest of the world is passing us by the abilities of their people. I work in high-tech, and see fewer and fewer American kids in science, math, etc.

Democracy is still the least bad form of government, but when people get soft and lazy, (as we have), they try to suck off the teat of their fellow citizen and implement more and more socialist programs that slowly erode their vibrancy. You're right about Goldwater, and the electorate in general.

Sad times. Makes me want to get my fiddle while the fires burn...