For too long our country has afforded lifestyles which are no longer possible. We have promised wages which were way too high. We have advertised stuff which could not possibly deliver what was promised. We were living beyond our means in more ways than one. Yesterday GM declared bankruptcy. Today, it could be an airline company going down the tube.
Has money so controlled us that we forgot all about the Depression of the 20-30s? In those days we learned Interdependence. One corn planter had to be shared by 5 farmers. One boar had to service the sows of 5 different farms. Sunday afternoon prayer meetings were given to beg the Giver of life for rain for the crops. You borrowed money to put in a crop, hoping to have the crop to pay back the loan. You found ways to recycle before the word was invented.
