We talking bout Free Lunch, Money
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 11 13:30:28 CDT 2003
Zoyd wakes up and goes to the kitchen. The Count Chocula box is empty so
he has to settle for Fruit Loops with Nestle's Quick on top, again.
Not exactly a "Breakfast Of Champions."
Why all this junk food? Aren't the California Hippies into health and
health food?
What happened to the Count Chocula?
Prairie fed it to Desmond.
Not a healthy diet for a dog either but the Blue Jays have been stealing
Desmond's dog food.
Apparently the Dog food has something in it that turns the Blue Jays
into champions.
Maybe Zoyd should try a bowl.
Anyway, Zoyd shops at the health food store but he buys soda and chips
(TV munchy food).
When Zoyd complains that he can hardly keep the house stocked with
groceries Prairie takes this to be more "fat talk."
"Hey, all's I was talkin' about was money, kid. Who's been makin' you
crazy with fat talk?" [16]
I-24 has been talking to here about fat talk.
Prairie complains that with all the junk food in the house she hasn't
got a chance.
Zoyd thinks that I-24's punker diet is unhealthy.
Or, that I-24 is too cheap to feed the girl.
Hector ain't too cheap to buy Zoyd lunch.
And Zoyd wants him to pay, complains that he's broke, can't even make
the rent.
Say, Hector's eating a pretty healthy meal.
Recall that Reagan was a cautious convert [to supply-side economics].
As Governer of California he's spent years denouncing Democratic
deficits, paying homage to the balanced budget, ridiculing the
Democrats idea that there is any such thing as a free lunch in America.
But Reagan delivered a free lunch: tax cuts would pay for themselves,
since taxes had reached a point where they drained the economy rather
than strengthened it.
The tax monies released into private circulation would promote savings
(to
form new capital) and investment (to use that capital) and growth (the
product of that investment).
Hastened depreciation and eased regulation would create a wave of new
plants capable of cheaper production.
What about Labor? What would they eat?
Well, there's always Halloween. Put on funky dress, get a chain saw,
free junk food at every door.
Youre nine years old and its the day after Halloween.
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