Thank YOU!!!!
I have grown disgusted with many Freepers here who think that today is twenty years ago. I know that we are fortunate that hubby, who is over fifty, still has his job. But I have an 18 year old daughter, and boy, is it going to be different for her.
The inability of many here to open their minds to understand that this is not your average downturn, well, I just get sick at it. It is heartless and unbefitting of this place.
Many are partisan hacks who buy the Hannity / Rush / Fox News / GOP = GOOD DEMO = BAD without ever moving beyond that line of thought.
The Wall Street/GOVT/Media complex are all at fault for dumbing down the citizenry and intentionally confusing people as to what is going on.
This too shall pass. Carter and the democrats had the misery index over 20 and gas lines were the order of the day. I had ets’d around that time and my wife, my 2 kids and I lived in a tent. That was the closest my girls ever got to summer camp. We didn’t have much then, we have much more now but the happy quotient is still about the same when you adjust for the 6 grandkids.
Recently I lost my job because it made better business sense to layoff one 60 year old engineer than 2 younger ones for the same savings. I’m OK with that since I can financially absorb a layoff better than any of my co workers.
But I remain optimistic about America and it’s ability to change the course of state when necessary and right now it is necessary to remain steadfast in support of conervative principles and free market capitalism. Open. Americas energy spigot, jail employers and government officials who knowingly hire illegals and get government out of markets and you’ll see increases in hiring, wages and standards of living once again. But most of all we will all be more free and to me that’s the most important lesson I teach my grandkids.
Every downturn brings out people to assume it’s the most unique downturn ever in history.
Doesn’t matter if it was the 30s early 80’s, 1991, 2001, or now.
Every person can either rise to the occasion or look for a shoulder to cry on and a soft pat on the rear.
FR is not the place to look for tear talk.
If you want heartless, then we can tell you everything you want to hear so you can feel better being miserable.