Maggie's Farm

I remember this movie pretty well. It was very funny, although it is quite dated. The track suits crack me up. The clown shoes fad? LOL, sure I remember that.

Still, it is remarkable how much of this seems to presage our current dilemma. "I have nothing on my mind, it's clear of clutter" sounds like a terrific Obama soundbite.

Getting back to the real issue, though - at what point do they actually start dealing with the real problems? Even if they balanced the budget today (which would have had to happen if they just didn't increase the debt ceiling), the interest payments alone are taking up massive portions of our spending...and will grow as interest rates rise, even if we start paying down some of the debt.

There is no question the "depression" of 1920-1921 is the model by which we should always adhere to in a debt driven recession. Better to force a massive restructuring, engage hard times head on, and then allow the bounce off the bottom to force us higher in the long run.

The current attempts to make everyone happy, somehow, even if it means more taxes, is absurd.