What used to matter - nowadays just doesn't. I can remember back when if the Braves lost - I would have trouble going to sleep after the game - nowadays I just try to stay awake until the game is over - often I don't. I suppose you could say people change - but I think of it more as things change - specifically priorities or purpose. Still, that concept may not even be the reason. Perhaps things change because of the time in our life - or a better point "the times" in our life. I suppose I really don't know. However, there are a few "things" I do know....
There will always be someone who thinks - even genuinely - that he or she has the answer to economic follies in our life. There was a time when I latched on to certain beliefs like that - nowadays - I just laugh. See - I know now that there is not just ONE way for any economic calamity - regardless of the demigods out there. During a recent exchange with some folks that "have the answers", I was told that free markets and lower taxes were the answer. I asked my young, verbally challenged orators if they had read that in "Wealth of Nations". Both of them looked puzzled. That gave me my answer and the carnage began. :) By the end of the conversation - I had spent my hour or so of fun and it was time to get back to the serious stuff in life - like what I was going to eat for supper....
At some point in my life I would have been emphatic about providing empirical data for my points. I would have paid homage to the Keynesian slant and depicted the "laissez faire" crowd as Draconian. Nowadays - I just want a cupcake. Some may say I am getting old - perhaps. I prefer to think of it as experience. Experience that tells me - "Look Chip, you are most likely correct, but why bother?" Apathy is not good - and I truly hope that is not what is happening - but it could be. Another possibility could be that I just do not think it really matters in the big scheme of life. Someone will read this and tell me the only reason for life is salvation. Someone will read this and tell me the only reason I can write this is because I live in a free country. Someone will read this and say the issues with the world is because of immigration (illegal of course). Someone will read this and say the issues right now are because of liberal policies and big government. I read that and say "NOW, that is lot of someones!" My response to all of that is "Well - sounds good, but could someone please tell me if the Braves game today is a day game? If not, I really need a nap if I am going to watch the ninth inning."...You see - the important stuff really does matter - or so I have learned from my almost 50 years of living. Perhaps your thoughts are different....
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