it's not presumption of the opposite to question the possibility of a thing. Now, as to why it might be presumption to count on a future, the first thing that comes to mind is that this nation has enshrined in law the murder of unborn infants for profit. We've been on borrowed time for a generation.
I’m always curious why some insist the glass is empty, when the indisputable facts show it half full and filling quickly.
It could be, as Rush often says, follow the money.