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To: JohnM who wrote (165931)	7/13/2011 12:45:28 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541671

A shocking collapse is never a good idea if it can avoided. And right now a serious collapse can certainly be avoided by judicious planning and careful and targeted work on both raising revenue and making cuts. Anyone who goes out of their way to court some short term disaster is just asking to be smited by the unknown- not something I would ask for.

To: JohnM who wrote (165931)	7/13/2011 5:48:07 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541671

That is a possiblity--I do admit. And sometimes "holy" wars go far astray with their results as the US Civil War bred lasting southern Resentment, the rise of the Klan,and segregation, and political wars still being played out today. All because enough people believed the stereotypes put forth by some Minister's daughter (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Whereas many people feel that slavery would have collapsed of its own economic weight before 1900.