> If we can't afford the current system, What we can and cannot afford is a choice, not some immutable fact of nature. A cynical, if realist, version of this

> If we can't afford the current system, What we can and cannot afford is a choice, not some immutable fact of nature. A cynical, if realist, version of this would be: if we choose to not spend any more ... But that's still better since it acknowledges that we, as a nation, have agency in this.