Lead a horse to water
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="What">What</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="headline">headline</span> – <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="lending">lending</span>: <span word="You">You</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="horse">horse</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="water">water</span>… (<span word="MarketWatch">MarketWatch</span>.<span word="com">com</span>, <span word="October">October</span> 15, 2008) - <span word="mean">mean</span>?</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="lending">lending</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="billions">billions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="banks">banks</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="bankruptcy">bankruptcy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="lending">lending</span> <span word="again">again</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="circumstance">circumstance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="doom">doom</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gloom">gloom</span>, <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="reluctant">reluctant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lend">lend</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p><span word="So">So</span> <span word="there">there</span>, <span word="pessimism">pessimism</span> <span word="persists">persists</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Lead">Lead</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="horse">horse</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="water">water</span>" <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idiom">idiom</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="here">here</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="proverb">proverb</span> “<span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="horse">horse</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="water">water</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="drink">drink</span>.”</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span>, <span word="opportunities">opportunities</span> <span word="notwithstanding">notwithstanding</span>, <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="implication">implication</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="words">words</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="desire">desire</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="motivation">motivation</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="within">within</span>.</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="watching">watching</span> <span word="Marilyn">Marilyn</span> <span word="Monroe">Monroe</span> – <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Final">Final</span> <span word="Days">Days</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="documentary">documentary</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hollywood">Hollywood</span> <span word="star">star</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Monroe">Monroe</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="acting">acting</span> <span word="teacher">teacher</span> <span word="praised">praised</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="actress">actress</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="remarkable">remarkable</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Monroe">Monroe</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="acting">acting</span> <span word="lessons">lessons</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="Monroe">Monroe</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="star">star</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="all">all</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="horse">horse</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="water">water</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="drink">drink</span>. <span word="Monroe">Monroe</span> <span word="genuinely">genuinely</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="actress">actress</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="looks">looks</span> <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="studios">studios</span>.</p>
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