Yes, in fact it seems that they Are: wannabes. Thou sayest.
Wow - is THAT the rationale for the 'conserving' thing, then ?? If I continue to push in a direction which concentrates the wealth even further.. I Shall Be Rewarded by
Winning the Lottery! - I shall be elected to the 13,000. If I Just Have Enough Faith and remain steadfast towards --->
My Me-Me-Me Goal!
Thanks for the near-as-we-get to confirmation, then, even if you didn't akshully mention whether you had a party Lotto card too, Comrade.
Oh, and - you don't see any relevance to the original prop. re Repub-Dubya's edjaKayshun plan?
Your proffered simplistic 'efficiency plan' for the spending of your money: is a familiar lateral arabesque end-run around the proposition that, America's growth (in the pre-Empire days) solidly derived from the actual providing of a truly PUBLIC Education for ALL Citizens\ufffd <<
And while Economists could dance on the head of that *Efficiency* pin for another century [and will - it's what they Do]: repealing that "National Attitude" is a far larger change than your pat dismissal implies. Think of such an "attitude change" as being on a similar scale to Another attitude change of late:
the fait accompli of the Shrub-Ashcroft Amendments to the US Constitution - in the really Really handy name of Security! Remember.. All Those Times -- when Every Admin buried its nasty manipulations under National Security exemption? Remember Dubya's er 'sealing' of all OTHER Presidents records ? (and much more, but let's not look at All the current soiled laundry).
(I just knew you would remember these things - steel trap mind and all)
Ashton