I understand what you are saying , Lynn, and philisophically don't dis-agree. I simply do not want to see children going hungry; citizens sick and dying because of inadequate access to decent health-care; homeless numbers expanding; and all of the consequential social ills that follow catacysmic economic turmoil and social disorder.
Either way, I will survive, and will try to flourish and prosper. But a lot of people are three or four paychecks away from complete destitution. The 'system' is not fair, it is 'instead' cruel and antithetic to social good. I do not wish ill fortune on the hard working citizens of my country; and they are exactly the ones who will be hurt most. The system needs to be changed , but not on the already bent backs of the good and decent working people.
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--- On Mon, 12/29/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Sky-is-falling forecasts
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 11:50 AM
> 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.
Lynn Wigglesworth
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