if you think this country won't survive then pack up and move the hell out.
Does being concerned about the continuing viability of this nation mean that we don't love it? I am fearful that we cannot survive the way things are going. I am prayerful that we will. Only God knows how long our good credit can hold out.
Immie
I think worrying about the spending this country is doing is very concerning, beginning with ALL OF THE MONEY wall street has siphoned off of us...and it hasn't even begin to stop...AIG alone has gotten $150 billion and they just came to the obama administration for $30 billion more and again, no end in sight....
What the hell?
this company deals with alot of overseas businesses...and we are bailing them out because they are too big?
And who LET THEM GET THIS BIG? I thought we had controls over things that are BIG like that....?
Spending over our heads, is what is behind alot of this...from pooer people, to the middle class taking out second mortgages to pay for the kid's college, healthcare, or a new car, gucci loafers. and a new Rolex, to the banks and financial institutions lending out more than they should have to anyone under the sun etc etc etc.....
ALL OVERSPENDING....spending beyond our means...
the concept of the government spending to jump start the economy makes sense to me, because every one else has clammed up and retreated in to their shells at this point....
But bailing out the banks and financial institutions? TO THIS DEGREE....probably 9 trillion already, behind the scenes....and when all added up...?
I just do not see how all of this spending and bailouts will really help us....unless really focussed on specific things...like keeping the housing market steady and not in a freefall...
I have a sinking feeling, i read somewhere this is a $60 TRILLION dollar problem....without a recession hitting...which only will make it worse....our gvt can't possibly make a dent in something like that without bleeding us dry...?
I don't know what is right anymore....i don't think anyone can fix it by waving a wand of borrowed dollars....i think we need to spend on what is needed and not pull back on those things, but anything extra, needs to be cut out of the budget and the stimulus if it is not needed in the long run for the betterment of all.
I do think the republicans screaming gloom and doom and blaming Obama for it, are hurting the confidence of this Country that makes things worse for all of us in the long run though...
and sadly, I do think they seem to want the financial disaster, thoseRepublicans in power...in office...otherwise they would not be whining so much against Obama and come up with a Solid Plan themselves and present such to the Public....instead they are just using the opportunity to bash Obama AND to bring Obama down instead of giving us an alternative solution that truly makes sense.
I saw this happen only visa versa during the Bush Administration with the Dems, after president Bush went in to Iraq....and announce winning in May of that year on a carrier...from that point on, all bashing on the part of many Dems....
But this crisis we are in, is bigger than all of us, bigger than our government as well....
care