You know this is putting me in a philosophic mood. We are in a unique point in time with History in the making. With the right decissions and smart moves, we have the ability to pull ahead once again as a country. I worry, here in California, because we have lost sight of the future with reguards to education. We are now ranked around 48th in the country. People continue to cut our education budget, so this probably won't improve. The irony is our property tax system that goes toward our infra structure, is protected by a law, so if you have a home your property taxes only go up when you add on to it or when a new person buys it. The problem is, new buyers are paying house payments just in property tax, and old home owners are paying next to nothing proportionally. This system was set up to protect people who retired, on fixed incomes from losing their houses from property tax fees. Unfortunately, it is a system which is killing our state. Benefits are also killing us and every one.
Where does this all lead, ah back to cheap chinese parts and the ability to keep jobs locally. With poor education, and lack of discipline and manors(for the vast majority of kids) we are killing our future prospects of responsible leadership, by denying them the fundamental education opertunities that will enable them to critically think!
Don there just doesn't seem to be a way to pull out of this. I only see it getting worse. Just look at the three candidates running for president. None of them have me excited about new beginnings and hope for a strong future!
My suggestion is build your hot rod now, build it fast, so when the time comes to rapid gettaways we'll be smokin our tires!