From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Sky-is-falling forecasts
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:50:38 -0500
I hope I am completely wrong and that the economy is back to normal in 2-3
years.
Bob; I think that is why many of us feel that we are of a different mindset
than you. I, at least, don't think "back to normal" is a good thing. The
false economy, as you have pointed out, rewards the rich and punishes the
people who actually do the work (which is most of us on this list). In the
'good years', things were inflated far beyond their actual value. Now that
the entire country and everyone in it is in debt, 'they' are bemoaning the
fact that people are *gasp* not spending money they don't have. Something is
terribly wrong with that picture. I think the whole economy has to come
tumbling down enough to bring even the rich to their knees, then it can be
rebuilt, valuing REAL productivity, NOT paper shuffling or monitoring
electronic blips.