Here’s what happened to the economy in 2008.
We gave the keys to the family car to a gang of wild teenagers who ought never have been issued licenses. They roared off, texting and drinking as they drove, playing chicken with every oncoming truck, taking hairpin turns on two wheels, and eventually driving right off a cliff they knew was up ahead.
But after they crawled out of the wreckage with only a few scratches the insurance agent came along and paid them twice the book value on our car while we were left to fix the thing ourselves with no money pay to pay for it.
And now while we’re making do with cheap rentals or walking or taking the bus to work, they’re tooling around in shiny new SUVs and sulking behind the wheel because the government wants to lower the speed limit by 5 or 10 miles an hour, raise the gas tax by a penny, and make them promise to put their smart phones away while driving and they’re blaming us because they’re not having as much fun as they were having just before they drove off that cliff.
Ouch!
Posted by: Kevin Wolf | Monday, November 21, 2011 at 09:58 AM
Lance,
Yes. I have nothing to add. Just, yes.
Posted by: El Jefe | Monday, November 21, 2011 at 10:10 PM