I was just relistening to Murray Rothbard's "For a New Liberty - The Libertarian Manifesto." It is quite fascinating and prescient - for it was originally written in 1973. It is fascinating that in the 40+ years since the original publication the country has moved progressively (and I use the term precisely in both meanings) further towards insolvency, and moral bankruptcy.

It is interesting that at that time there were studies that basically identified the difference between the productive and non-productive as those who had a long-term orientation and those whose orientation was immediacy. The long-term folks were productive and the immediate folks were moochers relying on the looters. In the interim we have done nothing to support more long-term thinking, in fact, we have done everything to wipe it out. Instantaneous gratification of every want is the objective (look at the housing bubble that burst mostly because those that could not afford the house that they purchased had that short-sightedness come back to bite them when interest rates rose just a little bit).

Instead of a strike or the economic equivalent, we need to do everything that we can to foster long-term thinking.