A Sinking Nation
Our nation is like a sinking ship. It is slowly getting lower in the water and there is nothing that we can do to stop it. Or is there? We can fix it, the question is how. In the following quote, Benjamin Franklin says almost exactly what is happening to our nation. It has not yet gotten quite to the point at which he speaks, but, it is working that way. If we continue in the path which we are going, it will get there. Of course, we don't want our nation to fall, so, after reading the quote, think about it how can you prevent that from happening. " An ancient Sage valued himself upon this, that tho’ he could not fiddle, he knew how to make a great City of a little one. The Science that I, a modern Simpleton, am about to communicate is the very reverse. I address myself to all Ministers who have the Management of extensive Dominions, which from their very Greatness are become troublesome to govern, because the Multiplicity of their Affairs l...