Clive Crook in his column today in the Financial Times made a succinct and politically neutral statement.
"On one side you have the unrivalled energy and ambition of the American worker. On the other you have the unrivalled complacency, self-righteosness and bloody-mindedness of Washington. I never thought I would say this but I am starting to wonder which one will prevail."
I believe that the American worker will win out by moving partly and surreptitiously into the government tent. There is a new type of union, a new type of corporation, and a new type of business model rapidly coming onto the scene. All of that is prompted not so much by proactive thought as by a new spirituality. How can I live and support my family without the surrender of the substance of life?
Below is a photo of the tombstone of the father of Benjamin Franklin. The epitaph reads:
Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred. They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years; and without an estate or any gainful employment,with God's blessing, maintained a large family comfortably; and brought up thirteen children and seven grandchildren reputably. From this instance, reader, be encouraged to diligence in thy calling, by constant labour, and honest industry, and distrust not Providence. He was a pious and prudent man, she a discreet and virtuous woman.
"On one side you have the unrivalled energy and ambition of the American worker. On the other you have the unrivalled complacency, self-righteosness and bloody-mindedness of Washington. I never thought I would say this but I am starting to wonder which one will prevail."
I believe that the American worker will win out by moving partly and surreptitiously into the government tent. There is a new type of union, a new type of corporation, and a new type of business model rapidly coming onto the scene. All of that is prompted not so much by proactive thought as by a new spirituality. How can I live and support my family without the surrender of the substance of life?
Below is a photo of the tombstone of the father of Benjamin Franklin. The epitaph reads:
Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred. They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years; and without an estate or any gainful employment,with God's blessing, maintained a large family comfortably; and brought up thirteen children and seven grandchildren reputably. From this instance, reader, be encouraged to diligence in thy calling, by constant labour, and honest industry, and distrust not Providence. He was a pious and prudent man, she a discreet and virtuous woman.Josiah Franklin knew something that is today mostly lost. Perhaps the realization that the government giveaway is unsustainable will inspire a new era of self-sufficiency and "the unrivalled energy and ambition of the America worker will prevail."
David Sneed
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