09-23-2016, 02:20 AM
(09-23-2016, 02:02 AM)taramarie Wrote: That makes sense. I just have to look to my mother to see that mistake. The thought that you can spend and be reckless with no ill consequence. Her error has trapped us both with her debt for if i leave, she starves. Not that I could anyway with prices being so high. I am grateful I have learned from seeing my elders mistakes at a young age however. I really needed that lesson so not to repeat it. The majority of boomers were not blessed with that lesson on a massive scale. Nothing lasts forever. Things can change in an instant. Earthquakes, great recession, death, city in ruin, suburbs in ruin, no food, no water, no power, no house, no job but a whole lot of debt (my mothers) that needs paying. What a lesson all in one go but boy i wizened up fast.
Eric the Obtuse is the archetype of unwilling to accept reality. There is the astrology and new age thing that he has been on since the sixties that never has worked. You have been probably reading his other stuff where he believes that Clinton is going to be president. Scott Adams disagrees with this assessment and I think he is right. Make sure to look at the video and tell me what you think, particularly about the mood.
Millies may have their issues but like the GIs they tend to adapt to changed circumstances. This will serve them well in the coming years.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises