Someone mentioned in the T-C Line that we should spend more time discussing the economic crisis in the U.S. What economic crisis? Eight new houses are being built in our neighborhood, in addition to the five just built that are occupied already.

If our economy was in dire straits, two-thirds of the cars on the road driven by patriotic Americans would be Detroit Iron instead of foreign cars.

If there was an economic crisis, millions would not have been spent by patriotic politicians and their minions attacking each other in the recent election.

If there was a problem with our economy, truckloads of money would not be dumped into the laps of professional athletes. Their patriotic fans wouldn't spend thousands of dollars on stadium tickets to watch millionaires spit.

If there was a shortage of money, thousands of patriotic Americans with gun fetishes would not be lined up at gun stores and gun shows to buy expensive firearms and ammunition.

Legions of Patriotic Americans have money to buy new cars, big-screen TVs, the latest mobile communication devices and offshore vacations. They have money left to go to restaurants, microbreweries, movies and concerts.

But, alas, these people cannot afford to pay more in taxes for silly frivolous things like police and fire departments, Medicare and Social Security, education and Head Start programs, veterans' benefits and infrastructure.

Sadly, we Patriotic Americans can't afford to help pay down the deficit we are passing down to our children and grandchildren.


Thank goodness we do not have an economic crisis in America!