Quote Originally Posted by Rank amateur View Post
I know you were there, so no disrespect to you, but it's not an economic development program, it's the worst kind of welfare: open ended. It's fine as a short term measure - most short term welfare has some value - but at some point we need to ask: so what and now what?
I'd just say we're not at "some point" for quite awhile. Right now we've taken the patient from critical condition into intensive care, the life support's going to have to be on for awhile.