Published February 13, 2009
It hit me on Saturday morning watching my boys (ages 5 & 7) lay into a box of Lucky Charms like Great White Sharks taking to baby seals off the Catalina Islands.
Of course, I thought, they’re getting 12 essential vitamins and iron. Of course it’s a nutritious way to start their day.
Lucky wouldn’t lie to me. He wouldn’t lie to you either.
Yet we all know that a binge on Lucky Charms will leave the kids feeling as satisfied as crack addicts in the morning, but sick as dogs later on in the day.
Is there any difference between my kids scarfing down Lucky Charms and the Government’s Stimulus Plan?
I think not.
Imagine the various corporations as hungry little boys, the bailout money as sugary cereal and our government as the parent.
These so-called “troubled” companies are gorging on monies from the Treasury. They’re hungry; and they’re going to eat and keep eating, because it tastes so good and no one is watching.
The “Stimulus” funds are as devoid of sound financial backing as those Lucky Charms are of nutrients. It’s nothing more than a series of enormous I.O.U’s payable by future generations of Americans. The result, U.S. Treasuries have so little value the Chinese buy them hesitantly.
The Administration, like the well-meaning parent who is not willing to do the real work of child rearing, believes that only more Lucky Charms will solve the current situation.
It’s time to tell our elected representatives that the economy only needs the guidance that we as parents provide our kids.
A bowl of Lucky Charms tastes good every once and a while, but too much of it will make you sick and rot your teeth.
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