[palmer]

Rambling article. Not sure what the point is. We just have to wait until the security / welfare state collapses under its own weight and pick up from whatever is left.

[sauron]

Agreed; it was a rambling article. Not the normal Ben Stein, as someone else also noted.

My response, supra, was directed only to that portion of the article that compared cities versus cities.

I chose to ignore the post-911 argument that we've suffered an erosion of our freedoms. That's inarguable.

[paguch]

The collapse of the country is just what Obama wants. He is following the Cloward Piven model to the ultimate goal. The country is near bankrupt, the military greatly diminished, he has his own civilian military (homeland Security) and the stock market is a bubble . Obama will continue wasting and giving away money we do not have and the Democrat Party will have the Socialist ( Communist) system they want.