[PRCo] Re: PAT's cuts

[Herb Brannon]

Between the two major political parties in this country, and the mindset of
the American public, I would opt for the "bleak future" you speak of. One
party comes into power and begins to see us through that changeover (a
required changeover, at that) then the other party regains power by making
the majority of the voters think times are just as good as they were in
1955. When in actuality we are drowning in the greed and corruption of
several decades of mismanaged government on all levels. This country missed
the boat and will pay dearly for it down the road. That road isn't as long
as a lot of people think, either.



On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:27, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> Fred
>
> You say the German model cannot be moved here.
>
> You have seen my rants on Bill's list about our profligate use of finite
> natural resources, caused, in the pax transport realm largely by our wanton
> population dispersion;  I won't repeat them here.  Sufficient to say that
> over time we will have to adopt something like the German model if we are to
> survive in the form of anything like even a second class nation.  It will be
> difficult and it will be painful for some folks, but it will have to be
> done.  It won't be done in our lifetimes, but if not in our grandchildren's
> lifetimes, their children face a very bleak future.
>
> Intermediate steps towards a reconcentration of population include massive
> increases in taxes on fuels used for transport purposes and continued--and
> expanded--provision of public transport to poorly or non-served areas with
> appropriate subsidation.
>
> All these wrenching changes require both a futurist outlock and political
> backbone, commodities which are in scarce supply in our country's
> governmental process.
>
> Dwight
>
>
>



-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park