Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> I had to hock that "silver spoon" to buy food
> during Reaganomics, when we had double-digit
> inflation and double-digit unemployment at the
> same time (I was furloughed for six years, and
> could only find a crappy, low-paying job while the
> cost of living went through the roof). I don't
> really blame Reagan--he was just a
> somewhat-charming mindless puppet--but the evil
> cabal who were pulling his strings for their own
> enrichment deserve to rot in hell. (Funny, kind of
> sounds like today.)

I couldn't agree more. The banks are the ones pulling the strings. But we can never talk about class in this country since petty issues like race and gender are so distracting.

> People love to complain that "if only"
> life was fair, government was honest, taxation was
> equitable, etc. Well, they're not, so go make of
> your life what you can. Blaming others doesn't get
> you anywhere.

But blaming people is so much easier than self-reflection, goal setting and self-discipline.