Thomas Friedman: LAX As Metaphor For America

Thomas Friedman: LAX As Metaphor For America

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I was traveling via Los Angeles International Airport -- LAX -- last week. Walking through its faded, cramped domestic terminal, I got the feeling of a place that once thought of itself as modern but has had one too many face-lifts and simply can't hide the wrinkles anymore. 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.

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