Law Practice
Jan. 30, 2010
Debt, Taxes and the American Way
Concerns that the country is going to hell in a handbasket are overblown.
Konrad Moore
Public Defender, Kern County Public Defender's Office
Concerns that the country is going to hell in a handbasket are overblown. The origin of the phrase dates to the Roaring Twenties and each generation since has intoned that our best days are behind us. Perhaps it is human nature to believe we live among times that are only destined to deteriorate.
Certainly, we live among times that place a premium on instant gratification. Candidate Barack Obama sold us on hope. Since then jobs have not returned, at least not in sufficient numbe...
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