[Think free or die]

"Did you hear any of the sound bites this week where they were talking to some of those lined up to get the money? Very revealing. Asked where the money was coming from they answered OBAMA. Asked where they thought he got the money they responded ‘the stimulus’. Asked where that money came from was greeted with silence or hemming and hawing."

Unfortunately it's not just the moochers in the Detroit money line. I'm dismayed at the ignorance of many so-called educated adults I meet. They don't seem to understand the most basic issues of supply/demand or that government doesn't have money apart from that which is taken from a producing citizen (leaving aside the hot printing presses for a moment . . . ). It's as though government money grows on money trees and we can reduce the price of something we don't want to pay for by government edict. Very frustrating.

[jwparkerjr]

I don’t know the specifics but I do know that today’s public schools teach next to nothing about economics. And they do teach is Left, Left, Left.

I am honestly at a loss to decide if the dumbing down of America has been the result of a conspiracy or just the natural result of unions and Leftists taking over education. I guess it could be both. Someone is pulling the strings and taking advantage of the fact that unions and the Left lean toward the beliefs of those who would take us down.

[wintertime]

It’s as though government money grows on money trees and we can reduce the price of something we don’t want to pay for by government edict. Very frustrating.
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Yet,...In post #92 you reflect the very thinking you are lamenting.