sortagreen .. it's a beauty! .. i didn't realize .. two bits ..
"Orthodox families generally have 8-10 children. All these go to religious schools, where they study exclusively religious texts and don’t acquire any skills useful for working in a modern society. They don’t need them, since they do not work at all, devoting their entire lives to the study of the Talmud. They don’t need to interrupt their studying of the dead texts, because they don’t serve in the army."
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"Also, very soon, half the first-grade pupils in Israel will be religious children, destined for a life without work, without paying taxes or serving in the army — all this paid for by the taxes of the diminishing number of the non-Orthodox."
Thank you, also for your prompt on this one .. icy conditions .. too many .. could the orthodox ever bend for the good of Israel?
""In astronomical terms, the odds of all these variables lining up in just the way they did was, well, astronomical," he said."
YUP, there are parallels, similes is a better word, i guess .. this one definitely fits ..
They PUSH EVERYWHERE! .. two bits again ..
and
Inflation in the Jungian sense refers to a person’s ego-consciousness that uncritically and, often zealously, identifies with archetypal contents. This results in a loss of sensible discrimination and a regression into archetypal unconsciousness. It’s also “characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, often compensated by feelings of inferiority.” .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=73107938
It's a terrible situation .. it really does go to the wisdom of honestly attempting a reasonable, common sense, realistic, long-term view .. on just about everything.