Struggling To Understand What’s Happening With Our Nation
I feel like sharing a few of my thoughts before going to bed. Every where we turn we hear how bad the economy is and it’s not just here in the USA it is being felt globally. Can you imagine the National Debt is $10.2 trillion dollars when in 1989 it was $2.7 trillion I personally can’t even comprehend trillion. I was never good at understanding high finance, but I always managed to balance my checkbook.
Credit cards and I never got along because it made it too easy for impulse buying especially when my cash was low. These companies love when we live above our means why should we try to do any better than our government and our national debt. I no longer use credit cards and if I don’t have the money in my account then I do without, but lately I’ve even started worrying about how safe my bank is.
There really isn’t much that I require in life other than the basics, like food, clothing and a roof over my head, but there is a majority of people that think the American way is to use purchase power to buy expensive homes that they know they can’t afford and have taken risks anyhow. So many companies have downsized or closed and people have lost jobs and just can’t pay the mortgage, scary times.
I’m struggling with what all the politicians are saying or rather not saying because as far as I’m concerned they all talk in circles. I have been doing a lot of listening and reading and trying to figure things out for myself and hope I make the right choice soon. We have always heard about all the government spending and corruption and over the years and I have been flabbergasted at some of the price lists that have been released.
The stimulus checks were suppose to help stimulate our economy and encourage the people to go out and spend, but that certainly doesn’t seem to have helped. What a mess we now find ourselves in, I have heard many say that years from now Bush Jr. will go down in history as the worse President that we have ever had. What makes a person even want to run for office knowing they will be responsible for the welfare of a nation?
October 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Things are bad, yes.
But we are in an election year. Politicians use crisis as a means to their advantage.
So when you watch or read the news, eat the hay and spit out the sticks.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:13 am
I hear ya! Trying to figure out the ‘truth’ is almost impossible with all the lies and corruption now days. I am anxiously waiting to see what will happen too.
I am with you all the way. Have a great night!
October 10th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I’ve lived in Africa for the past 10 years. From abroad it’s been evident to me for the past 6-8 years that the US was in deep, downward spiraling trouble. Nothing I am seeing now surprises me - I’ve been expecting it. That it’s an election year in the USA might seem like it’s magnifying the global crisis, but from my perspective the crisis that the world faces - on so many multi-layered and interconnected levels - is so scary huge that neither camp is really able to adequately address it. As scary as this point in time might feel, however (believe me, the outlook is certainly not rosy in my corner of the world either), I really think this kind of mega adjustment in our global society is a good thing. In case you haven’t yet seen it, a really great piece on why we all need to rethink our behavior is at http://storyofstuff.com. enjoy! and thanks for sharing your thoughts.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Thanks Suzanne and Christina for your comments. We are all trying to decipher everything that is going on and I know we are all concerned about the conditions of our world and what we can do to change it. Thanks Christina for the excellent resource you left.