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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: tejek who wrote (129642)1/13/2013 7:59:50 PM
From: RetiredNow3 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
Ted, you are the one who is terribly naive to believe in a free lunch. When my kids ask me why they have to work while studying at their university, I tell them, because they have to learn the value of hard work. It's sacrifice and work hard today, so they can enjoy all the good things in life later. The good things in life aren't free. They will need to earn their way in life. No one will give them a free lunch.

However, on this thread at least, it seems that the common wisdom of delayed gratification has fallen away to the crass belief that we can delay consequences forever for our profligacy today, and in the process, damn our future generations to debt slavery and economic stagnation.
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