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Briar Lee

Lifer
Sep 4, 2021
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13,924
Humansville Missouri
Like all great empires they ultimately collapse, history is repeating.

In this world there are three classes of people. A few are firefighters. Every politician from dog catcher to President should be a firefighter. Their task is to prevent the fall of civilization.

A few people are arsonists. They run around lighting fires and trying to burn civilization down flat.

Most people are spectators.

They look at the pretty fires.
 

Piping Abe

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 27, 2021
534
1,471
Georgia, USA
In this world there are three classes of people. A few are firefighters. Every politician from dog catcher to President should be a firefighter. Their task is to prevent the fall of civilization.

A few people are arsonists. They run around lighting fires and trying to burn civilization down flat.

Most people are spectators.

They look at the pretty fires.

What are you?
 
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Briar Lee

Lifer
Sep 4, 2021
4,837
13,924
Humansville Missouri
What are you?

I’m the guy trying to tell the firefighters how to fight the fire.:)

It’s not just in the USA politicians havs such terrible problems with forthright honesty and fiscal discipline.

Germany has 83 million people, we have four times as many.

And for all the barbershop talk how broke we are, the GDP of Germany is 4.5 trillion and ours 28 trillion.

But the Germans only owe 2.5 trillion.

Remember the Germans have had national health insurance since 1888, even through two wars they lost, and Germany is a first world, powerful, wealthy and free democratic nation.

The Germans are allergic to deficit spending.


Fiscal irresponsibility is a bad choice.

Well, unless you want to get re-elected.:)
 
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Piping Abe

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 27, 2021
534
1,471
Georgia, USA
I’m the guy trying to tell the firefighters how to fight the fire.:)

It’s not just in the USA politicians havs such terrible problems with forthright honesty and fiscal discipline.

Germany has 83 million people, we have four times as many.

And for all the barbershop talk how broke we are, the GDP of Germany is 4.5 trillion and ours 28 trillion.

But the Germans only owe 2.5 trillion.

Remember the Germans have had national health insurance since 1888, even through two wars they lost, and Germany is a first world, powerful, wealthy and free democratic nation.

The Germans are allergic to deficit spending.


Fiscal irresponsibility is a bad choice.

Well, unless you want to get re-elected.:)

Oh Germany? The place where we women can longer walk the streets alone for fear of being raped?
 
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