As Friedman states, "Welcome to Tea Party America. Think small and carry a big ego." What a perfectly accurate and succinct description of Tea party America.
Friedman also pointed out that although this issue may seem small - just like climate change seems small, and ocean pollution seems small, and the depleting and polluting of our groundwater seems small, and giant oil spills seem small - it is the small things that matter:
Nations thrive or languish usually not because of one big bad decision, but because of thousands of small bad ones — decisions where priorities get lost and resources misallocated so that the nation’s full potential can’t be nurtured and it ends up being less than the sum of its parts. That is my worry for America.
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