Bill Maher is right...snuggies are the problem.

Whether you like the man or not, you must admit that Bill Maher has great writers. On Friday, he (or maybe they) brought up an excellent point (and one that is long overdue): snuggies are exactly what is wrong with this country. As Maher so aptly put it,

"[China] can't buy anymore treasury bills from [us], [we] are wearing blankets with sleeves."

Nevermind looking ridiculous, we just don't get it. We think our fiat currency will withstand whatever storm we want to put it through. I think we are attempting to prove a hypothesis that need not be tested.

My point here is not to sound like another false patriot. This country already has too many. Rather, it is to emphasize the need for change in our model of behavior. This "spend it all today, we will bill you tomorrow" mentality cannot survive, and, at our current rate of consumption, neither can the environment from which we derive the resources to make these goods (most of us anyway). Their introduction into the market, snuggies 100% included here, does nothing more than satisfy needless wants. And by now, I think we know that we cannot simply consume our way out of this growing economic problem. That's kind of how we got here.