Prosperity Humor

China, US Hold High-Level Discussions On IP Issues
“Neither China nor the United States can protect our way to further prosperity,” he said.

Here are some other things we can't seem to do.

We can't save our way to further prosperity. [Banking system pun alert]
We can't secure our way to further prosperity. [911 pun alert]
We can't shelter our way to further prosperity. [Housing pun alert]

We can't seem to do the opposite things either.

We tried to attack our way to further prosperity. [Iraq pun alert]
We tried to spend our way to further prosperity. [Consumer pun alert]
We tried to squander our way to further prosperity. [Warren Buffett pun alert]

Welcome to Squanderville
In "Squanderville," as Warren Buffett called the United States back in 2003, Americans are ready and willing to believe anything…that their homes will always rise in value, that their debt will never catch up with them, and that the American Empire is unshakable.