Thursday
Lifted from A.I.E.R. – see full article HERE
Robert E. Wright – October 27, 2021
Our nation faces some strange issues right now, including huge numbers of unfilled jobs, empty shelves, and higher NON-COVID-RELATED deaths. What gives?
The easy answer comes in the form of a rhetorical question that many Americans have posed to themselves over the last 18 months: Why bother?
Why bother getting a university education? It’ll cost you plenty and you might not get higher pay because of it.
Why bother seeking healthcare? It’ll cost you plenty and your health may not improve, and may even get worse.
Why bother getting a job? Somebody will take care of you, voluntarily or not. Unemployment insurance, disability, no consequence shoplifting, free camping. It’s all good.
Why bother working harder or smarter at work? Bureaucrats can take you out for not staying current on your shots, even ones that your doctor and common sense tell you to avoid. Or some Woke dipster can get you cancelled for opining about just about anything, including your preferred underwear color. (Tighty whities are “racist” now, right?)
Why bother starting a new business? The government can shut it down because of a not-so-unusual “novel” virus, or hinky data supporting the notion of irreversible, human-induced global climate change, or, frankly, for whatever it wants.
Read on HERE