I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.
These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the bills for tax cuts that had been passed today or in the last 4 years, and for the war in Iraq, because essentially we are borrowing money to do those things.
Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.