With me wondering why a house would have two more bathrooms than bedrooms.

Had I been critiquing capitalism, labor or similar such concepts that would be a good rebuttal, but I was specifically focusing on the idea that we can transition to a service economy and everything will be fine. We've been trying that for decades and there just aren't enough people out there who value a few hundred bucks/week for maid services less than they value not cleaning up after themselves. They're out there; I used to know a guy whose mother made her living doing just that. You just can't expect it to support a 300,000,000 person economy.

Sure. I just don't hear them saying that BECAUSE they do that we don't need a social safety net for people who fall victim to flaws they refuse to admit exist in our system. When Buffet said his side is winning the class war it wasn't a compliment.

What I mean is that when a nation is third largest on Earth by both size AND population, being able to get from end of the other of it without needing a jet is a vital national interest. The good news for you is that Texas seems to be the model for national Republicanism, so soon the politicians and bureaucrats will be done taking your money for roads: Soon, REPUBLICAN politicians and bureaucrats will sell your roads to a company overseas and THEY'LL take your money every time you drive roads you still pay to maintain. And, y'know, amend the Constitution to define marriage to be between one man and one woman.

At least we've been able to determine that a $30,000,000 house with more bathrooms than bedrooms is a better use of resources than being able to get an ambulance or relief convoy from MI to LA.