Yostivanich

In some ways, LAX is us. We are the United States of Deferred Main­te­nance. China is the People’s Repub­lic of Deferred Grat­i­fi­ca­tion. They save, invest and build. We spend, bor­row and patch.

via Op-Ed Colum­nist — A Word From the Wise — NYTimes.com. Fried­man once again on the US stum­bling on the way to build­ing a 21^st cen­tury economy.