Why is there even such a thing as a “Farm Bill”? Why not just call it a food stamps bill? The federal government is so out of control that there is no stopping it, or even slowing it down. And the debt ceiling will be raised again. America has become The Pruitts of Southampton. That was an old TV show starring Phyllis Diller. For some reason, I have never forgotten it. Her family was rich but lost their money and owed the IRS a fortune. I forget the details but the family went on living as though they were still rich even though they were very broke. That’s America now.
Wow—I had to look The Pruitts up on wikipedia. I was actually around then, though really small, and I don’t remember it at all, though I remember Diller as an entertainment icon.
Checked out their theme song after seeing that it was by the same guy who did The Addams Family: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=—fk7HzTipI. Not nearly as good as that, but a very similar opening to the theme song of Sesame Street—which premiered three years later.