Economy

It is so easy to blame our problems on the rich and the powerful. It's easy to rely on class and race as the reason that the world is splitting apart. The G-20 summit is in England right now deciding how to save the world economy. The 24 hour news cycles are blasting us with how bad it is and who might be to blame. Barack Obama is budgeting and taxing and making other bold decisions to stabilize the economy. Nothing seems to be working. What would?

The Right is saying that they didn't do this and that Obama and the Left are trying to socialize the finance and industrial sectors. The Left is saying that they are doing all of this because of what Bush did. No one is right.

You are to blame. You are sitting there and expecting the goverment to fix a problem you caused. I hate to be mean but you want to much stuff. You live way beyond your means. You aren't making any more money then your parents, less in some cases, and you are spending more. There is a lot of Truth when Obama asks you to help him change the culture in Washington and Wall Street. You fall for the traps that Washington and Wall Street spring on you.

Economics is a confusing and complicated science. It's more then just you buy and sell stuff that people need or want. Ecoonomics are similar to Politcal Science: it learns as it happens. That's right! The Economy is learning and growing by making mistakes. Your money and worth is based on what works and doesn't work. Oil and energy works well, and if you invest in those things you make money. You make money, others make money. You invest in morgages that will not get repaid, you don't make money, and other people don't make money off of you.

You want the solution now. The stock market has to climb 700 in one day, or nothing is working. Here is what I'd like to say on this blog that no one reads: we need to change the economy. We need to find a new system. I'm not saying Socialism is the right answer, nor am I saying that stricter regulations are an answer, but I think that how you decide to make money and spend money would change the system. Think about that.

Think about how you make your money. Who is affected? Who is being hurt? Who is gaining? What about how you spend your money. Same questions, Who is affected? Who is being is hurt and who is gaining? Do we spend more money, or do we become more self sufficent? Growing food, making clothes, shopping second hand and being less excited by name brand and fads.