[PRCo] Re: PAT's cuts

[Fred Schneider]

Yup.    Ed Lybarger had a great expression for politicians the last time we were together.   He called them "the parasite class."   I would apply it to all parties.



On Dec 3, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> 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.
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> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:27, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> Fred
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>> You say the German model cannot be moved here.
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>> 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
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> Herb Brannon
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