Let's Party Like It's 1999?

Perhaps AIG had it right. Some folks high up in management must have figured, "We're all doomed anyway so let's go out with a bang and blow half-a-million dollars on facials and massages at a posh resort. Then we'll draw straws to see who has to sit in front of Congress and take the public whipping." At least they did something to stimulate the economy, or at least the economy around the resort.

AIG's actions remind me of that scene from "Animal House," when the frat boys realize Dean Wormer has it out for them regardless of what they do. So they go out and have one final blast - nearly destroying the local town in the process.

LIBI's builders, remodelers and associate members would never resort to such tactics, of course. For one thing, the collective sense of decency and work ethic our members demonstrate time and again would prevent them from doing anything as heinous as partying on the public dime. Our members instead will opt to continue to work hard, cut back and hunker down until economic sanity returns and progress prevails. Let's just hope this happens sooner rather than later.