That IS the point of the article though. The past few booms were WallSt./FED-inflated anyway. Combine the concept of public service / public property (ie ill-de

That IS the point of the article though. The past few booms were WallSt./FED-inflated anyway. Combine the concept of public service / public property (ie ill-defined or merely formal/shortterm-administrative rather than heart-felt/longterm-invested ownership responsibilities) with easy credit and decades of cultivating debt as a life-style choice and this is what the return trip looks like.