So, I try not to get sucked into the fear-mongering that is happening because we have a very liberal president + liberal majority of elected leaders + one not very happy economy.
This = some scared extreme conservatives = some fear-mongering.
It's hard though.
I just start feeling that edge of hysteria when I see how primed the situation is.
I found a very profound little nugget of clarity on why, even though in theory socialism is appealing to some (I mean what cold hearted person could see some of the suffering in this country and not want to do more), it just doesn't work.
It doesn't work because it penalizes the producer behavior and rewards slacking (or consuming).
Thus, everyone's standard of living goes down.
This has been proven.
How could our country be heading toward this?
Many reasons, but I am thinking of a couple that I want to list.
1)We as a people have forgotten to fiercely love and work for the freedoms handed to us.
2)A new generation has risen up, never having seen real, intense want or poverty.
3)In a world of credit, buying things with real money is foreign.
4)Therefore living within means is somewhat of a lost art.
The consequences have the potential to be frightening.
Without an appreciation for certain freedoms they disappear, ...without a knowledge of them being gone.
Now, I am "meh" on Angelina Jolie as a person, or tattoos in general...
...but I love her tattoo "know your rights".
There is absolutely no logical way out of the economic mess until budgets, personal and governmental, are kept to.
Anything else is postponing and expanding the hurt.
I don't like doom and gloom, but I also don't ever want to feel so beat-down-because-it-won't-do-any-good-anyways that I don't let my feelings be known.
Heaven knows people who I do not agree with are vocal.
(Plus I know that this blog actually only has a couple of readers as opposed to my happier blog, so I feel kind of safe using this as an outlet to vent a little)
This = some scared extreme conservatives = some fear-mongering.
It's hard though.
I just start feeling that edge of hysteria when I see how primed the situation is.
I found a very profound little nugget of clarity on why, even though in theory socialism is appealing to some (I mean what cold hearted person could see some of the suffering in this country and not want to do more), it just doesn't work.
It doesn't work because it penalizes the producer behavior and rewards slacking (or consuming).
Thus, everyone's standard of living goes down.
This has been proven.
How could our country be heading toward this?
Many reasons, but I am thinking of a couple that I want to list.
1)We as a people have forgotten to fiercely love and work for the freedoms handed to us.
2)A new generation has risen up, never having seen real, intense want or poverty.
3)In a world of credit, buying things with real money is foreign.
4)Therefore living within means is somewhat of a lost art.
The consequences have the potential to be frightening.
Without an appreciation for certain freedoms they disappear, ...without a knowledge of them being gone.
Now, I am "meh" on Angelina Jolie as a person, or tattoos in general...
...but I love her tattoo "know your rights".
There is absolutely no logical way out of the economic mess until budgets, personal and governmental, are kept to.
Anything else is postponing and expanding the hurt.
I don't like doom and gloom, but I also don't ever want to feel so beat-down-because-it-won't-do-any-good-anyways that I don't let my feelings be known.
Heaven knows people who I do not agree with are vocal.
(Plus I know that this blog actually only has a couple of readers as opposed to my happier blog, so I feel kind of safe using this as an outlet to vent a little)
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