June 10, 2008
How bad is it? From my perspective, it is pretty bad. It is bad because I am basically unemployed, because I already drive an extremely economical (paid for) car, and because after years of frugality I had finally loosened up a bit (okay, maybe more than a bit) and I don’t want to cut back again. I don’t want to be poor. Now the obvious argument is get a job, but that is not an option at the moment. I need to be flexible to take care of my aunt and my granddaughter. I am still recovering my energy and I don’t know if it will ever be what it was. In fact there is a good chance it will not. At any rate, it is no where near what I would need to work and to be a caregiver. My needs are met and my gas tank is filled when I need for it to be, so what is with the feeling in my gut of impending disaster? It is the feeling that the country if spinning out of control with gas prices and this upcoming election featuring two candidates who do not have our best interests in mind. Obama is a pure Marxist. McCain is such a wild card it is hard telling what he might do. He has changed his position on some key issues like extending the tax cuts and not granting amnesty to illegal aliens. But will he really follow through once he is in office? And if he ends up with a Democrat congress will he even be able to? I fail to see how we will be able to trust or to hold accountable a man who has his whole political career prided himself on being a maverick, reaching across the aisle, and for the last seven years, repeatedly opposed President Bush.
How bad is it? From my perspective, it is pretty bad. It is bad because I am basically unemployed, because I already drive an extremely economical (paid for) car, and because after years of frugality I had finally loosened up a bit (okay, maybe more than a bit) and I don’t want to cut back again. I don’t want to be poor. Now the obvious argument is get a job, but that is not an option at the moment. I need to be flexible to take care of my aunt and my granddaughter. I am still recovering my energy and I don’t know if it will ever be what it was. In fact there is a good chance it will not. At any rate, it is no where near what I would need to work and to be a caregiver. My needs are met and my gas tank is filled when I need for it to be, so what is with the feeling in my gut of impending disaster? It is the feeling that the country if spinning out of control with gas prices and this upcoming election featuring two candidates who do not have our best interests in mind. Obama is a pure Marxist. McCain is such a wild card it is hard telling what he might do. He has changed his position on some key issues like extending the tax cuts and not granting amnesty to illegal aliens. But will he really follow through once he is in office? And if he ends up with a Democrat congress will he even be able to? I fail to see how we will be able to trust or to hold accountable a man who has his whole political career prided himself on being a maverick, reaching across the aisle, and for the last seven years, repeatedly opposed President Bush.
How will young people who have started out in such a strong economy with plenty of jobs deal with unexpected setbacks? The same way Americans have for generations, of course, but that will not make it easy to watch... It is why we as Americans have worked so hard for generations to provide a better life for our children than we had ourselves. We, baby boomers, have had it good and our children even better. The hardships of depression and war are the stories of our parents and grandparents, they are not our stories. And the stories have rarely, I fear, been passed down to this next generation. What then do we do? First, we pray. Then we put feet to those prayers. We must be active in this election by being informed and informing others as to the positions of the candidates so that people will not make sound bite decisions. We get involved with the Fairtax organization, www.fairtax.org with American Solutions www.americansolutions.com “drill here, drill now, save money” drive, and we call our senators and representatives and keep them informed about our opinions. We have to be heard in Washington and we will have to be heard loud and clear long after the election no matter who wins.
June 11, 2008
The stock market is down another 200 points today. This is not good, of course, but, in my opinion it is long over due. I have not believed for a long time that the market should be over 10,000. I have been waiting for it to settle out there.
No comments:
Post a Comment