How Much Money Can We Spend?

This morning, just to see what’s doing, I took a ride up through Vermont. As I drove into the village of Putney, I passed a nice, private home on the main street with a sign which said that the house was occupied by a woman who ran a business which, according to the signage, was her clinical herbologist practice.

What the fuck is a clinical herbologist? I’ll bet you there’s no such thing in Gaza, or in Israel, for that matter.

Putney, you should know, has a population of around 2,600 people and a median family income of $50,000 and change. The median family income in the United States is around $75,000, which gives you a pretty good idea about lifestyles and living standards in this New England town.

Meanwhile, with a median family income which is fifty fucking percent below the national average, the town of Putney still supports a clinical herbologist.

If anyone thinks the American economy isn’t the most dynamic and largest national economy in the entire fucking world, I invite you to come up to Putney, Vermont, drive into town on Route 5 and consider the existence of a clinical herbologist in this shitass, little town.

And by the way, when I say we have the world’s most dynamic economy, I’m not comparing the United States to tiny tax havens like Monaco, the Caymans or Luxembourg. I’m…