Mon 12 Dec 2005
This is from almost six weeks ago, but it’s still utterly bizarre. The one phrase that rings false is “The US is the richest nation in the history of the world.” Yes, but that wealth is massively ill-distributed. Having the largest number of billionaires or millionaires simply skews the figures if you also have tens of millions of people who are working full time to stay below the poverty level, and there’s little or no free education and health care. Enlightened self-interest would tell these cretins that preying on the weakest segments of society means you end up with guaranteed violence and degredation and a lower quality of life for everyone. Yet more evidence of why the US is sinking so fast
Posted by Francis under UncategorizedBill Quigley: Why are They Making New Orleans a Ghost Town?
By BILL QUIGLEY