zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:37:49 -0400, Bill wrote:

Gramp's shop wrote:
Here's an interesting piece found in the online New York Times equating the business practices at HD to the general decline in craftsmanship in our country:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/bu...y.html?_r=1&hp


It's an interesting article, but it just causes me to worry a bit more
about our country in general. I've always found it strange that our
"popular culture" gets away with being so much at odds with our nation's
real needs. I guess we have a very successul entertainment industry.

The 60s hippies have been in control for some time. What do you expect?

I expect a government "for the people". When I was a little kid I
expected people to exhibit restraint/discipline and to work hard for
their own best interests and to share with others in need. I expected
everyone would want to look out for the environment. I was naive in
some ways.



How will our nation cope with an apparently declining middle class?
Thinking it through, there is plenty to be concerned about.

The middle class can't exist in the US without the entrepreneur class. You
know, those people who "didn't do it themselves".

As I've said here before, to me it seems that the major political
parties stand by their interests selfishly. This just seems to add more
fuel to the problem above. For instance, wealthy people may not wish to
help pay for better public schools.

They certainly don't want to pay for worse ones. ...and that's what we're
getting. Most I know on the right are quite at ease with the idea of "charter
schools" and they aren't free.

I've written this message at least 3 times so far, so I'm going to have
to finish for now and move on, and maybe come back if I'm somehow
persuaded. In the meantime, Go USA! : )