"Always let conscience conscience be your guide." --- Jiminy Cricket
There have been a lot of discussions about the most responsible way to achieve greater fiscal stability and economic growth. Many reasonable people acknowledge the need to cut spending not just in the area of Defense, but Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security. Many reasonable people acknowledge the need for higher taxes. Is it not unprecedented that there's public consensus regarding such 'sacred cows'? Is the nexus of zeitgeist and opportunity enough that we will sieze the moment to propel US forward?
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"Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question, "Is it right?" And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right." --- Martin Luther King Jr
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