People always feel they deserve the easiest life they can be given. If that means spending the wealth of future generations then so be it. The only reliable way to get unpopular measures like fiscal conservativism through is to invent a big bad that forces your politicians to behave responsibly even in the face of massive public support not to be responsible. I always considered the tactic New York used (well it may be an urban myth I dunno) to climb out of its budgetary mess to be a good one, which was that if the books were not balanced accountants would come in and start making cuts for the politicians, no matter how painful or unpopular those cuts were.

Good!
Europe needs a new Marshall Plan.

dont worry we'll get Ireland, Italy and Greece and form an "Euro Trash Coalition" with a new coin called

I though no transformation to a 9/11 thread went subtle, until your post. Only new thing is you post it one sentence.
From Italy's economic troubles to a wtc conspiracy theory in 1 step. A book by render the great solar warrior.

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