Monday, February 07, 2005

Social Security   The amazing story now is social security. The discussion is getting very good. The best site to follow may be Brad Delong's http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/   He quotes around a lot, and gets flavor and details.   Josh Marshal has been doing an extraordinary job of embarrassing congress people who are wavering. To learn about congress this is a good opportunity - and about political courage and doggedness. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/   Chinese wisdom   Zhuangzi told this story to his disciples to make a point. Once a zookeeper said to his monkeys: "You'll get 3 bananas in the Morning and 4 in the afternoon." All monkeys are upset. "OK. How about 4 bananas in Morning and 3 in the afternoon?" Hearing this, the monkeys are content.   One should realize that sometimes a change in phrasing does not represent a real change.   Pasted from <http://www.chinapage.com/story/monkeyfeed.html> Posted by douglass carmichael 9:24:38 PM    comment []