Honest John@225
but, alas, I’m going to take everything that the gubmint is willing to give me (regardless if it destroys our country.) I’ll be long gone before the socialists turn our great Republic into some kind of third-world country…
I am sympatico with your situation, as I too may find myself in a soupline before long.
This shows the price we pay to become serfs…slow, insidious, seemingly inexorable reduction of the human spirit. You and I may not be around long enough to experience the enslavement-by-fiat of US, or its resulting slide into third-worldism; but some others here may have children they value.
To them, mea culpa.
Our retreat (mine and yours and the “boomers”) from our inherent responsibilies defines the future – insuring serfdom for all new generations of Americans, except those born to privilege.
One can imagine a John Galt sitting in a cave, (insurgent to the last) writing a true history of our time. The US was a democratic republic that achieved true human greatness – instantiating freedom for its entire population – which created untold wealth for mankind. The citizens negotiated it all away, and were “civil” about it to the end.
They reached across-the-aisle and acted bi-partisan and compromised in the spirit of “political rivalry,” until there was no wealth left to tax (remaining-to-be-confiscated); they empowered a band of criminals, thieves and scofflaws – all parties pretending to be the “loyal opposition” to each other – while they slaked an insatiable thirst for power at the expense of the law-abiding, taxpaying citizenry…dupes all.
The cowardly behavior exhibited by the conservative class during that time led us to…. Think Mombai – Malmo – Moscow – Juarez – Gaza – Cairo – Karachi – LA – Detroit – N0.
So, while we (John and me) ladle our alloted cup of soup from the public pot, we should at least be experiencing guilt pangs far worse than our hunger pangs, and remorse and self-recriminations for our betrayal. Or, I can deny it.
I’ll only have to bear this burden for about 10 more years at worst; less if they get into terminating the elderly, cuase we’re not cost-effective in the new Nationalcare program.
Seems we’ve elected a Nanny – a known recidivist serial killer – while granting tenure and permitting salary and pension benefits to be determined by the Nanny, and we’re calling this good for the children.
We’re busy writing a legacy that reads: “Most knew they were being duped, so they facilitated it….” and for that, mere apologies to the millions yet to be, won’t ever suffice. Ever.
