Humpday Happenings...
I have to confess that there are just so many things going on in our world that are directly having an effect on every single one of us, that I sometimes suffer from "sensory overload".
I'm sure you feel likewise...too much information to assimilate in such a short time.
The good news is, we're probably NOT alone there.
The bad news is, I don't see this crap letting up any time soon.
If one could use the analogy, the current state of affairs on this planet is looking more and more like "The Perfect Storm".
Still, it behooves us to keep our attention focused, because the powers that be would like nothing better than for us to divert OUR eyes and ears from what is being done.
Now, my wife and I are fortunate enough to keep close tabs on any debt we incur...and pay it off ASAP. I've always been that way...blame my parents.
They KNEW the value of a dollar (even when it was WORTH a lot closer to a buck).
Today, the value is changing so often, and downward to boot, that it's damn hard to figure that much out.
But we make due, nonetheless.
It's called FRUGALITY.
I don't HAVE to have the "name-brand" product when I go shopping, and I don't have to have the MOST EXPENSIVE item in the lot.
If I can find some bargain somewhere...fantastic, and the bigger the bargain, the better.
We live well within our means, and never have "need" for life's basics.
We appreciate what we have, what we worked for, and are determined to be good stewards of such things.
So, why would we decide to eliminate whatever debt we may have incurred by going out and SPENDING enormous amounts of money that we never have in order to "buy down" that debt?
Gee, we still owe a little on the garage roof...so let's BUY all new WINDOWS, two new DOORS and toss a roof on the HOUSE as well....yeah, that'll teach that nasty (small) debt we have. Great way to take care of a $1000 debt...go out and blow $15000!!!
That saved us a TON of money...NOT!
Well, our government feels THAT IS THE WAY TO GO...and I've yet to see ANY logic contained within that mindset.
You remove debt by making MORE debt...doesn't sound quite right to me.
Does it sound right to YOU?
(didn't think so)
And this health care debacle that is costing more with every breath taken by the current administration...This is just plain WRONG.
I mean, if I wanted to be ROBBED, I could find a lot better people to do it, and with a more "sincere" intent behind it.
For example, you have a blown out license plate bulb (which seems to be an epidemic on the SOUTH side of town, even with NEW vehicles), so rather than REPLACE that $2 bulb, you REPLACE THE WHOLE CAR...or maybe JUST the engine to "solve" the problem.
Well folks, that's EXACTLY what this Obamacare will do to us all.
It will replace the CAR when it should be FIXING THE DAMN BULB...and it won't be free, either.
Don't think that for a moment.
It will KEEP costing LONG after most of us have taken that long dirt nap.
Nice legacy for the kids, hmm?
Oh, by the way, the reason it will KEEP on costing us will be due to the devaluing of our currency.
(but they can always print more)
Yeah, but printing MORE money takes away from the value OF that money, because we (as a nation) have NOTHING to back UP those bucks flying off the printing presses. We're OFF the gold standard, remember?
Our indebtedness to CHINA is beyond belief.
And that nation is only the FIRST "person" in a growing line of "creditors".
If we want a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT and CURRENCY...well folks, we're damn well on the way to making that happen.
Personally, I'm not on board with that.
I prefer MY country...INTACT, along with her currency.
I prefer to see AMERICA being a LEADER, and not some tuck-tailed, bailed-out country relying on other nations for the next scrap of bread or drop of water.
Funny...we USED to be that LEADER, so WTF happened, anyway?
And HOW the hell can we get THAT all back?
Well, if any of us had all THOSE answers, we'd be a lot further up the "food chain", wouldn't we?
God, I miss the days when the only thing that concerned us was being nuked by the USSR...don't you?
We used to be the country that led others with innovative technologies.
We used to be the nation that was able to feed other nations.
We used to be the nation that others looked to because OUR money was worth more than anyone else's.
Tell you one thing, if THIS type of crap that's happening TODAY happened during WW2, I can't imagine HOW MANY people would be jailed for treasonous behavior and actions. You don't mess with this country.
But people ARE messing with it, and many of them are on the mountain top, looking down at the rest of us.
This nation is damn near in a flat spin, and most every time, that is something that is unrecoverable...ask a pilot.
That's not their "favorite maneuver", trust me.
America cannot remain on it's current course and expect to come out the other side BETTER off. That dog ain't gonna hunt.
The numbers don't add up, the logic is non-existent, and there is simply no sense behind what is happening.
We need to regain control of the manor house, because the "hired help" ain't doin' such a great job of running it.
And if that means we all get frugal, get involved, and get busy living, instead of rolling over and playing dead, then so be it.
We are AMERICANS...that should speak volumes in and of itself.
We can make it through this and come out victorious..it's in our nature.
Stay safe out there, America.