“The loses to the travel industry alone would send the economy into a depression.”
You know the old saying about getting the government we deserve. In large part, the same is true of our economy. We scream at the government, do nothing else about it, and then pay $22 per month on our $30k credit card debt.
I’m not pointing finger, and I know many Freepers are the opposite of this, but the “old days” of thrift being a virtue are long gone in this country, and who didn’t really think in the back of their mind that the current standard of living was unsustainable?
I actually worry less about people having to tighten their belts than I do about the complacency spilling over despite some dire economical circumstances, and people fail to get off their fat asses, read some basic economics (since it apparently is no longer taught in Public Screw), and vote to prevent a Rat New New Deal.
Yeah. But the number of responsible people is rapidly declining. Its the ones who will 1. blame the government and 2. blame the fiscally smart people that worry, no, scare me. Again, look at Katrina to see what scum will do.