Occasionally when I chat with DC folks I run up against an idée fixe of one type or another, a belief so ingrained and reinforced culturally that there's zero chance of nudging them towards a different way of thinking. And, well, hey, they're the professionals and maybe they're right! But there are certain things which are obviously foolish and wrong, yet somehow, perhaps caused by something in DC's water fluoridation system, everybody in that town believes with an unshakable faith. That social security is in some kind of crisis and people care more about deficits than
jobs are two of them.
