30 November 2011 - until they hurt
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Things that can’t go on forever, don’t. — economics
Promise now, deliver later. — politics
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Things that can’t go on forever go on until they really hurt.
clue:
“Things that can’t go on forever, don’t” is a common expression
of Herbert Stein’s Law, which he supposedly put as “If something
cannot go on forever, it will stop.”
give me a clue so sweet and true
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