good-bye to all that

Via Atrios:

He's planning to sound very gloomy and downcast when he makes this speech. The U.K.'s new P.M. David Cameron will tell Britons today that their "whole way of life" is about to change because of deep government spending cuts.

I don't know if it applies in England as much as it does here, but isn't that a desirable outcome? I mean, it's our "whole way of life" that's the problem, isn't it?

It's not too late to get rid of the car and replace it with a bicycle, get rid of the television and replace it with exercise (such as riding the bicycle), throw out all the processed frozen pizzas in the freezer and stock the fridge with fresh veggies, etc., etc., etc.

Like Atrios, if I was going to run for public office I'd do so on a promise to completely destroy our "current way of existence."