Originally Posted By: woodsy guy
Sorry to overdo Krugman, known leftist (though a Nobel prize in econ and teaching gig at Princeton gives him a certain authority) but he's a terrific and clear writer, provides independent data (e.g. GAO) and admits when he's unsure or <gasp> wrong.


It's really nice to not Bee the only one in the room who is always quoting Krugman!!

I was just listening to an NPR program(REALLY starting to sound like a lefty) about failing cities, and one of the interesting points brought up is that as long as people are unemployed/suffer cuts there is no tax income, spending, services, & eventually the town shutters and the people move out. Cave-in. Detroit is something that we should all pay attention to, as it serves as a failure model.

The other thing that comes to mind is the Silent Running scenario that it only takes a generation or two to forget what we once had (in the case of the movie: forests), so that people eventually get used to a diminished services, closed parks -- whatever the future holds. I know that when folks start in with "when grampa was a boy" there were redwoods everywhere, the younger folk roll their eyes.

Okay, Lefty moment over.

The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.