As fears grow that the economy is sputtering into a double-dip recession, it has become all but impossible to overstate the extent of the disconnect that now exists between the public and private sectors.
While the latter remains crippled by high unemployment, tight credit, onerous taxation and consumer belt-tightening, the former feasts happily on its stimulus sop and the fruits of myriad, unrelenting tax hikes….
Well said; The whole editorial is worth reading, as it describes the extent of this disconnect in our own area.