“I simply think we are in a crisis and need to face up to it with hard choices.”
No argument here. Better to make those choices now while we still have choices.
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Sigh. I hate taking this stance, but...I think we are close to that pivot point, or far closer than we should be.
No more steak. No more cable. We can only have one car now. No Cocoa Puffs, you get generic cereal, probably corn flakes. No new clothes, only hand-me-downs.
Except it is, on a national scale: No more midnight basketball. No more funds for studying the Spotted Lugwort. No more funds to promote STEM education for girls. No more bike trails.
I think we have to do it. The government teat is going to go dry no matter what, and as you said, it will be easier on us if we control decisions instead of circumstances controlling decisions.