“Perfection (=Nirvana)” is different for everyone. Not everyone thinks the same things are important!
Think of the differences in the media today … Iraq, Afghanistan ,Ms. Pelosi, abortion, no child left behind, universal healthcare, etc. upon etc.
Not everyone thinks that America should be “policeman of the world!”
To be publically elected today, the candidate should promise “two chickens in every pot and two cars in every garage and a house for every couple!” The candidate’s rhetoric should be about “perfection” for everyone! That’s what has been done!!
Shouldn’t the public be warned about the coming “inflation” and what “inflation” really means to someone’s pocketbook!!! (Not everyone is aware of what “inflation” means to them, personally.)
The author thinks that everyone is NOT aware of what America is as a nation compared to the rest of the world. The position of a “National respect” once lost, how do you gain it back? There could NOT be this many complaints if we had NOT lost the “respect for America1”… How come America is seen as a “Land of Opportunity”, of “Hope” throughout the world? We must have done something right!
“Too big to fail!”
“Too big to fail”, “ bailout” money from the government, “stimulus package” (also from the government)…. Is the government supposed to “take care of everyone?” Who’s going to pay this money back? Every time a government “bails out” a company, history says it turns out badly in the near future.
“Is America paying too much for everything?”
Do the blackmail strikes in the auto industry mean we are forced to pay much for our autos? … Legacy costs, pensions, work rules, medical expenses, etc… Are we forced to pay too much for everything due to past decisions? Would a normal executive put out a “loss” on his statement to the press and the stockholders? Or would he raise the prices to avoid the embarrassment?
“Have we been succored into something we can’t pay for?”
Do the government restrictions, its oversight, and the decisions of the executives of the large corporations bear the true responsibilities for the current mess we’re in?
“Do the citizen’s responses to these things merit some responsibility for these actions?”
After all, if the citizens refused to pay for the autos, etc. would they be forced to take some action to the strikes, etc. If the workers revolted and refused the medical health benefits, could they be expected to refuse what their union had gotten for them?
If the workers at G.M. trusted the financial reports that they were getting, would they still standby their union? ... (Look at it now?)
“If America needed the additional credit it now wants the banks to provide, was the additional borrowing necessary to keep the industries of America from failing?” … (Too big to fail, oversight, etc. )
Is America on the way out?
How do you regain the world wide respect America had?
Can we afford our present standard of living?
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