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FEATURED TOPICDigital Transition -The term "Digital Transition" describes the process all organizations must go through in the 21st Century, as they leverage new technologies that provide new options for Applications, Equipment, Processes, and Networks that make them more effective. In contrast, the term "Municipal Wireless" is limiting. It puts the network technology ahead of the application and process changes that drive the business case. ORIENTATION |
« Down the Rabbit Hole ... Numbers, far, wide ... and tall | Weblog | Is this a Great Country, Or What? » Yeah, What He Said!It's reassuring when a highly paid Op Ed columnist at the NY Times says basically what I just said, the very next day. I wrote a post yesterday titled, Down the Rabbit Hole ... Numbers, far, wide ... and tall, in which I detailed the growing insanity of the very large numbers that we are spending daily to pay for just three things: the Iraq War, Imported Oil, and Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, which I termed WOT. As in, "WOT the Hell have we gotten ourselves into?" I veer into politics because the act of spending on such gargantuan items crowds out spending on the things we really need to spend our hard-earned money on, most notably for me the investments we need to make in infrastructure that will sustain our economy into the 21st century and provide the jobs and standard of living that will support our children and their children. We are way, way off the tracks and in need of a correction. It's time, folks! Here's how Bob Herbert concluded his piece this morning titled "Sharing the Pain." Americans save virtually nothing. They have looted the equity in their homes and driven their credit card balances to staggering heights. Meanwhile, the Bush administration has claimed colossal new standards of fiscal irresponsibility. At some point, to take just one example, someone will have to pay the $3 trillion for the war. This craziness is not sustainable. Without an educated and empowered work force, without sustained investment in the infrastructure and technologies that foster long-term employment, and without a system of taxation that can actually pay for the services provided by government, the American dream as we know it will expire. Sharing the Pain - New York Times We all need to start shouting some version of this message from the mountaintops, because the status quo is not sustainable, and it's killing us and our way of life: LET'S STOP THIS MADNESS! LET'S GET BACK DOWN OFF THE LEDGE! LET'S START ACTING RATIONAL AGAIN - THE PARTY IS OVER! IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE! Posted on March 11, 2008 at 06:25 AM CommentsPost a comment |
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