Posted by Matt from CT on May 05, 2008 at 06:36:12 from (68.244.189.123):
In Reply to: Re: Fuel rationing? posted by ericlb on May 05, 2008 at 03:52:26:
>are all about 'me and mine first'
I was at the funeral for a 90 year old neighbor on Friday, and pretty much had the same thought looking up at the water stains in church ceiling and thinking how much that old building had seen.
Certainly WWII generation was not perfect -- there were some who were profitering; and some who worked the ration system not really for profit but did do things others had given up (one of my college professors was a retired state Commissioner of Agriculture, and told of how as a teen they'd use their farm gas coupons to go to the beach fifty miles away).
But there was more of a roll up our sleeves and get it done attitude.
Today you try stuff, it seems you run into more opposition then support. Some good stuff that ends up going too far like some of the zoning and safety rules; Lawyers and "non-profit activists" who make a career out of harassing people (take your pic -- schools, special ed, nuclear power, wind power, cell phone towers, etc, etc...).
At least the market, with many individuals making choices, is less impacted by these nimrods of negativism. A single "plan" is far easier for them to attack and tear down, and we accomplish nothing.
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