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2. The "hard decisions" Johnson speaks of in his opening statements should, in reality, be quite simple. Do what makes the most sense (aka do what is economically sound). But the media doesn't make them so. The media shows all the erroneous choices, ones that shouldn't make sense, but they're surrounded by attractive people with big white smiles and happy faces. When we, as Americans, were born into an image society, this can only make things more difficult. When these are "difficult choices," it means that we are incredibly lucky, and we should shut up and move on to something that is actually important. The fact that Johnson sees these things (possible sarcasm) as difficult, shows the reader that he is generally part of the American DReam mentality.