presence. they were busy and it s up their minds. said they spent all their time and all their money buying gifts for a kid down the street so all the things that you asked for a gift to another 9-year-old you ve never met. how does it make you feel? will you would be crushed, but you would also be vindicated. you would know for a dead certain fact that your parents really didn t love you they are really even that interested in you. that s how a lot of americans felt last night watching the house of representatives approved yet another massive aid package for ukraine. like i get nothing against ukraine but we could probably use that money here right about now. after a hundred years of virtually uninterrupted wealth generation the american economy appears to be faltering in ways that are scary to anyone is paying attention. even people who are paying attention can sense that there s something really wrong. most people aren t working but those who are are getting poorer quickly thanks to