Here's the complete list of the things I've learned, in six decades, to be absolute fact.
- Men will never understand women.
- Women will never understand men.
- Men will always assume that kissing leads to sex.
- Women will always buy new shoes regardless of need.
- Any solution to a problem offered by politicians will compound the problem.
As Bubba Blue would say..."uh..that's about it..."
As regards that last kernel of knowledge, however, here's today's compounder...
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/04/news/economy/npr_public_broadcasting_cuts/index.htm
Admittedly, it's easy to armchair quarterback these things. Easier, even, when the play calling doesn't put the QB at risk of being voted out of their gig next time around.
That said, I don't think you need to be a Rhodes scholar in political science to realize that killing off Big Bird isn't going to solve the problem of debt.
It's only going to make little kids cry and piss off those Birkenstock wearing, Starbucks sipping parents who count on Sesame Street to entertain the kids while they listen to "All Things Considered" on NPR.
I suppose you have to admire DeMint's pluck for putting a sacred icon in his gunsights.
Or surveyor's crosshairs, as the case may be.
Then again, pluck might not be the best way to describe it.
That said, here's an addendum to my list...
Just as trying to trim the cost of firefighting by stopping funding for those big red trucks is, at best, impractical, so, too, is trying to bring down the deficit by killing the big and beloved bird.
If you want to do some serious number crunching, then go after the poultry whose demise will reap the greatest reward.
The goose that lays the golden eggs.
Or as we non-ornithological types refer to it...
Special interest groups.
Bet the farm (or aviary, if you prefer), that just ain't gonna fly.
That much I assure you I have learned in , lo, these sixty.
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