Letters to the Editor
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Life in the fast lane
Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took
all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race
Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired
to fight about it
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, uh huh
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign,
took a turn for the worse
And here we are. The fascists in Washington have had a grand time Blowin' & Burnin', blinded by thirst (yeah, yeah, I know - this is literary license). And now come the heavenly bills - the debt (not the deficit). Could you get even a sub-prime mortgage if your credit card payments equaled the percentage of your income that the debt repayment represents of the federal income (as opposed to net worth (GDP) which is what is usually used)?