AMEN, brother! You are 100% correct! WHY use more than you need? "It's our birthright". Bullshit. It's like diminishing the future of your children to impress the neighbors. -DC
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Scott Nicholson <csnichol...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > A guy I wouldn't normally read (he's too conservative for my general > tastes), Andrew Basevich, said something smart lately. Basevich is a > Vietnam/Gulf War vet, retired colonel, West Point grad, Johns' Hopkins > professor, etc.... > > He said he couuld trace our current financial crisis on our "mistaking > freedom for consumerism". > > I agree with him... We've shifted to a mindset wherein it is our > birthright as Americans to rabidly consume...often beyond our means. We > live our lifestyle on the soulders of the rest of the world.... Our #1 > industry is now credit servicing; in the early 70's it was manufacturing. > Our entire cultural midset has devolved into rampant comsumerism...... > > The housing fiasco, greed on Wall St., everyone credit-carded to the > max...it's downright scary! And sorta sad to see our great country > wallowing in a Huge Mess that was forseeable/preventable (at best) > and probably repeatable (at worst). > Scott Nicholson, Broker > KW Commercial > 512-947-2688 > Discovery Realty Group > www.DiscoveryAustin.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com > >
