There is no reason to be so glum when in fact we have marvelous buying opportunities coming as the recession deepens and widens. The absurdities of the past 8 years will be behind us soon enough. Look to a brighter future.
We are now in the process of taking our place not at the top but somewhere in the upper 1/4 of the economic community of advanced nations. But certainly ByLo's remarks re the middle class need to be heeded. We must do something about a shrinking middle class in the US. I think keeping more dollars at home and using them to invest in the US and build infrastructure, improve education -- particularly early childhood-- expand scientific research in our Universities, tackle and fix the medicare problem by breaking the Cartel and creating a competitive medical environment-- all things that should go a long way toward creating jobs at home and restoring the middle class. And did i mention military spending? We need drastic cuts and a change in philosophy from greatest military on earth to the smallest military that is still adequate. Fighting wars with conventional armies is a 20th century affliction and ought to be relegated to dictatorships and third world countries. Let's not fall into this death trap the way the Soviet Union did. And let's do what we can to return to a secular society with religious freedom for all, including freedom from religion, that our forefathers envisioned. Let's not let religious fanatics, either our own or others, eat away at our Bill of Rights. The US is still a great nation, it just lost its footing temporarily.
We are now in the process of taking our place not at the top but somewhere in the upper 1/4 of the economic community of advanced nations. But certainly ByLo's remarks re the middle class need to be heeded. We must do something about a shrinking middle class in the US. I think keeping more dollars at home and using them to invest in the US and build infrastructure, improve education -- particularly early childhood-- expand scientific research in our Universities, tackle and fix the medicare problem by breaking the Cartel and creating a competitive medical environment-- all things that should go a long way toward creating jobs at home and restoring the middle class. And did i mention military spending? We need drastic cuts and a change in philosophy from greatest military on earth to the smallest military that is still adequate. Fighting wars with conventional armies is a 20th century affliction and ought to be relegated to dictatorships and third world countries. Let's not fall into this death trap the way the Soviet Union did. And let's do what we can to return to a secular society with religious freedom for all, including freedom from religion, that our forefathers envisioned. Let's not let religious fanatics, either our own or others, eat away at our Bill of Rights. The US is still a great nation, it just lost its footing temporarily.
