[old curmudgeon]

More serious to us than the Greek economy, even more than our own unemployment and dismal manufacturing situation is the present representation we have.

The idea that they are talking about such craziness as the Slaughter rule when the Constitution plainly states that such legislation must be voted on with yeas and nays and the votes recorded...

Why do people not realize that this is the road to ruin, that if this sort of thing is tolerated for one instant, we open the door to oppressive government, if not dictatorship.

[familyop]

"Why do people not realize that this is the road to ruin, that if this sort of thing is tolerated for one instant, we open the door to oppressive government, if not dictatorship."

There are many who don't want to realize it. There are many others who are aggravated to the extent, that they're wanting a fight: economic and/or otherwise. I'm interested in an economic fight. Encourage the government to spend as much as possible while avoiding revenue-generating personal expenses and becoming more self-sufficient. We need new business, academic and political leadership.