Im not so worried about the Upcoming Mayan END OF DAYS but I am worried that our leaders have TAKEN this country to the Bank. Weve allowed Wall Street to Manufacture and sell DERIVATIVES, to anyone they could, Many countrys bought into this and are now faced with extreme debt, while those that sold the Extremely complicated financial instruments called Derivatives. Ive never believed in Easy Money, Wall Street and Stocks and Bonds never got a Penny from me. I do think that tough times could be ahead and maybe what we really need is some real tough times.
My Mother lived through the GREAT DEPRESSION, She ate apple cores, and Stone soup....a stone soaked in bacon grease and boiled to make a soup then poured over a piece of cornbread and shared by several. Maybe what this country needs is some Politicians with BALL$ who will stand and say NO YOU CANT SELL MAKE BELIEVE MONEY here....I believe the Worlds Economy is in trouble as the JP Morgans of the world will say , Oh we lost 2 BILLION DOLLARS but we have a handle on it, we were sloppy but we dont need regulations, we need less regulations....
Personally I have no debt, I am going to finance a new truck but I intend to put over half of the value of that truck down as downpayment, my home is paid for, my car is as well, I dont use Credit cards only in emergency and then only if I cant pay cash. I dont like giving the banks or Mastercard the ridiculous amounts of interest, I may charge it but its gets paid off withing a couple months.
Our country has taken some Blows, weve been kicked to our knees and done a GIANT Disservice by Political partys and Career Politicians, They dont work FOR THE PEOPLE or our Great Country, they work for the Lobbists and Corporations and ANYONE foreign or domestic who PAYS THE MAN.
We need laws that prevent the money in our political process, put an end to Lobbys, an allow or force those elected to work for AMERICA FIRST....after all look at all the Corporations that built huge Industries in America, and built even larger fortunes, and then turned there back on those very AMERICANS who worked, Lived and Bought these products. Today It hurts me to drive past the Mills and Factorys that once were the Lifeblood of America, My own dad worked for 43 years for Caterpillar, I watched that Industry grow, and the Steel Mills that provided for it, and the Machine shops and etc etc, all of them mere shells of themselves, and many say the Unions killed them etc but Its not what I believe.
GREED killed the Golden Goose, and GREED moved its factorys to China and quadrupled its profits and its STOCK MARGINS, and GREED paid the Top Level management million dollar bonuses to lay off thousands and see communities die, Homes Foreclosed, Lives ruined....while Profit ratios soared. ENRON and Cooking the Books became the new Industry and Pyramid Investment schemes and in the end GREED was good for the FEW, at least those that werent caught !!!
America needs its people to take back control of its Finances from those that seek to destroy it, or Yes the Hard times may become the NEW TIMES, I hope its not too late for those that care about America to stand and be counted, to break with tradition and partys and do whats right, to be counted. My mother said to me she hopes I never have to eat apple cores or stone soup, I take her words to heart, and I pray that we as a Country can right itself before were dragged over the edge by GREED.
