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So true; spend now and let the grandchildren pay later. Splinter-free toilet paper. What will they think of next?

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Sadly we are also leaving future generations with a ton of Government debt, much of it incurred not to build infrastructure from which they will benefit, but for spending on "current" expenditure.

A good indicator that life is nevertheless getting better over time - around 100 years ago, one of the "luxury" brands of toilet paper used to advertise itself as "splinter free".

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