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<p><strong>Investors and holders of capital will make millions. The rest of us will go broke.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Management promotes the most incompetent. The rest of us do the work.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Politicians take the money without getting the job done. The rest of us pay the taxes and try to avoid the unfilled potholes.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Sometimes life seems like an existential comedy, with amusing characters and bizarre situations. It’s even more funny because it’s true! “You can’t make this stuff up!”</strong></p>
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<p><strong>A hawkish gun supporter shoots his friend – a lawyer – in the face. A political aspirant dances to an unfamiliar tune as he attempts to reverse his position on healthcare. A celebrity marries her ex-husband, again. Thousands of citizens buy low flow toilets to save water during a drought, while an oilman pumps billions of gallons into a well to frack out his profit. An entrepreneur – unaware of his pure luck – sells his unlaunched company for millions.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>It’s not as if we can change the larger picture. You can either laugh at this vaudeville or cry. Take your pick.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>I’d rather be laughing!</strong></p>
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