‘Equal Opportunity’ Disaster
Gavin MacFadyen
Perhaps never before have we thought so much about money than we have been forced to do in the last couple of weeks. Actually, that’s a lie. Normal people always think about money. Some people have not had time to worry about the $100,000 FDIC insurance being temporarily raised to $250,000 but have instead been wondering how they are going to pay everyday bills. Who are the people that the politicians think are living on Main Street? Judging from what has been shoveled, those of us living on that generically named street have hundreds of thousands of dollars in pension plans and, just for the fun of it, a few extra thousand thrown into savings accounts in case of a rainy day on our vacation to Hawaii. Many people live and grow up in homes where worries include whether phone service or electricity will be cut off. A successful month is one that goes by without threats of disconnection or self-important bill collectors calling at all hours of the day and night. I suspect that there
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