人的健忘

In the Bible, the old testament, Israelis kept forgetting God's promise and God's grace - they repeated making the same mistakes again and again - idol worship, materialized slave.

It's in human's blood - greedy, materialized, always wanting things not at hand - grass is greener on the other side of fence.  

Meaning: You use this proverb to say that the things other people have or their situations always look better than your own, even when they are not really so. It is often shortened to "The grass is greener on the other side," or even 'The grass is greener."Jan 18, 2003

The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Fence

好了伤疤忘了痛, 生在福中不知福 - 人的健忘

Remember those days, snowing up to 2-foot around, digging hard to get car out of snow.

Yes. another one "earmark" - not much can you do?

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In public finance, an earmark is a provision inserted into a discretionary government spending appropriations bill that directs funds to a specific recipient while circumventing the merit-based or competitive funds allocation process.

How Republicans Plan to Revive Earmarks By a Different Name - The ...

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/republicans...earmarks.../550313...

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6 hours ago - “Our system lends itself to not getting things done, and I hear so much about earmarks—the old earmark system—how there was a great friendliness when you had earmarks,” the president told a group of about two dozen House and Senate lawmakers at the White House, in something of a non sequitur ...

To Grease Wheels of Congress, Trump Suggests Bringing Back Pork ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/us/.../trump-earmarks-pork-barrel-spending.html

2 days ago - WASHINGTON — Remember the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere”? The Montana Sheep Institute or the now-shuttered North Carolina teapot hall of fame? Congress years ago eliminated funding for these types of pet projects, known as earmarks, after they became derided as government boondoggles, ...

No, Mr. President, Earmarks Were Horrible, Keep Them Dead and ...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/no-mr-president-earmarks-were-horrible-keep-them-d...

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1 day ago - The president suggested at his meeting with lawmakers that they should bring back earmarks. And some say they help bipartisanship. The main thing they helped? Corruption.

Trump wants to bring earmarks back. Here's why it's not so crazy. - The ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../trump-wants-to-bring-earmarks-back-heres-why-its-...

2 days ago - “Our system lends itself to not getting things done, and I hear so much about earmarks — the old earmark system — how there was a great friendliness when you had earmarks,” Trump said at a meeting with congressional leaders. “But of course, they had other problems with earmarks. But maybe all of you ...

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生在福中要知福啊

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