Good Problems to Have

In the upcoming US election our society will be engaging in a massive national debate on how to divvy up our colossal national wealth. We'll be asking 'should we be giving more or less money to (blank).' In the blank space you can insert a slew of various slices of society from those aspiring to attend college, to sick, young children of modest income families, to farmers, to refiners of ethanol, to investors, to teachers, to makers of military aircraft, and even such non-traditional interest groups such as Iraqis, Aghanis, Palestinians, and Sudanese. Isn't it great that we can wrestle with these questions of where to spend our money, when, in the cradle of western civilization, they can't even pick up the garbage?