On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:52:27 -0800, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:

> Makes a worrying amount of sense to me.

I'm not sure why it should be worrisome; It wouldn't exactly be tragic to  
have to implement some controls for managing a community. Maybe when all  
those OLPC kids come 'round....

> Happily a lot of us are gainfully employed right now (which amazes me  
> considering the  dreadful state of the US economy, but there you are)

Hmmmm. Maybe it's not so surprising.

http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdp_glance.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/washington/09econ.html

Emlpoyment below 5%, 4 years of solid (and occasionally spectacular  
growth), and the government revenues up following a tax cut (surprising  
only to the NYT)?

I could live with that kind of dreadfulness.