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**stutnerman** · 01-28-2012, 08:07 PM

I'm choosing not venture into the whole "Virtue of Selfishness" playing field as of yet, as that could take things in an entirely different direction. However, I am more curious about the statements you made about deciding as a collective that we've finally had enough. This statement at least implies we're in agreement that in principle we're in very dangerous territory, but you're being pragmatic for the very good reason that people are quite sensitive around discussing entitlements they've been accustomed to for a very long time. I couldn't agree more, and I'll leave that as such. I'm curious where and how you anticipate that "threshold" may be crossed, and what you might speculate as a potential result.

I have no idea at what time or in what form it will take place. A lot of people may read what I wrote above and think "revolution" but that is not what I intended. I think we're getting close to a time when we're going to have to rethink a lot of ideas that we currently accept. The economy is one of those things. I don't mean that in the "raise/lower taxes or increase/decrease regulation" short-term kind of thought. I anticipate that eventually we will have to fundamentally restructure.

I do not have any idea what the next iteration will look like or how long it will be before we see any kind of significant solution. I do know that people tend to get impatient after awhile. The folks in DC would do well to at least APPEAR united and professional moving forward, if only to ease some of the pressure building on the part of their constituents.

01-28-2012, 08:07 PM	#6
stutnerman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 492 Senior Member	I'm choosing not venture into the whole "Virtue of Selfishness" playing field as of yet, as that could take things in an entirely different direction. However, I am more curious about the statements you made about deciding as a collective that we've finally had enough. This statement at least implies we're in agreement that in principle we're in very dangerous territory, but you're being pragmatic for the very good reason that people are quite sensitive around discussing entitlements they've been accustomed to for a very long time. I couldn't agree more, and I'll leave that as such. I'm curious where and how you anticipate that "threshold" may be crossed, and what you might speculate as a potential result. I have no idea at what time or in what form it will take place. A lot of people may read what I wrote above and think "revolution" but that is not what I intended. I think we're getting close to a time when we're going to have to rethink a lot of ideas that we currently accept. The economy is one of those things. I don't mean that in the "raise/lower taxes or increase/decrease regulation" short-term kind of thought. I anticipate that eventually we will have to fundamentally restructure. I do not have any idea what the next iteration will look like or how long it will be before we see any kind of significant solution. I do know that people tend to get impatient after awhile. The folks in DC would do well to at least APPEAR united and professional moving forward, if only to ease some of the pressure building on the part of their constituents.
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