OT-true story...first day of Intro to Marcoeconomics the professor asked a question. "How many of you think that both your great grandmother and great grandfather had to work a 9 to 5 job to support their family?" Hardly anyones hand went up. Next he asked, "How many of you think that both your grandmother and grandfather had to work a 9 to 5 job to support their family?" 25% of the hands went up. Next he asked, "How many of you had fathers and mothers that had to work a 9 to 5 job to support you?" 50-75% of the rooms hands went up. Then he asked, "How many of you think that you and your spouse will have to work to support yourselves?" Everyone's hand went up.
Finally he asked, "So how many of you believe that Americans are really getting richer and their quality of life is really improving?"
And then there was silence.
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn." C.S. Lewis
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