A most thought-provoking post, Worswick. As I go about my day-to-day life, I keep asking myself, "Is this an economy on the brink of disaster?" But the signs I see say no...the roads are jammed with newish automobiles (I see the debt, though), the skies are filled with airplanes going here and there, shipping traffic on the Delaware seems as heavy as ever, and the want ads in the paper are still screaming for people.
Then I come home and read the Darth Vader thread...smells like 1929, looks like 1929, quacks like 1929, does nobody else see it? Or are we simply more comfortable in ignoring it?
I get an image in my mind's eye of the Grinch's sled, perched on the edge of a precipice, with only his poor, mistreated dog to save it and the Grinch...yes, the sled is full of goodies, but the cliff is a looooong way down.
Cheers!
Rick |
