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I reckon if you have a trust fund or whatever you don’t really have to worry about making the payroll every week.
John tells us that this economy is gone and it ain’t coming back. Well, he is right about the first part, but wrong about the second part. Then he condescends to tell us that “unless Americans are truly stupid, they will relearn the old virtues of‘save more and spend less’.” Gee thanks, John. Us great unwashed could sure take a lesson in prudence from those wise words. A grateful nation salutes you.
There is a tendency among some folks who have moved here to this little paradise to want to shut it down from the rest of the world or from any kind of change that is not to their liking. John complains about yuppie hardships like
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