Legality, is it really the line..
phobicsquirrel
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Anyone notice that over the last 2 or so decades that things have gotten more and more out of hand? Is it the money? People with money are above the law? Is it that we "the people" have not done our jobs? Have we allowed this by being so divided? I guess I have more questions than anything. The recent issues these last few months have really been making me think. I could mention many things, one would be the torture of inmates in Quantomeno Bay, prosecute the soldiers but the men who ordered it and allowed it go free? Hmmm. Blackwater and how they can do anything they want, but US soldiers get prosecuted? A president and his administration breaks man laws, constitutional laws, and violates his oath of office, and nothing is done. Large companies get trillions of dollars but America continues to become more in debt and the people more and more divided and still not challenging the Govt. I don't know there are so many things I could mention. I'm a democrate but I sit on both sides of the fence. I think that there needs to be less divide between us and more unity. This far left, far right thing has been tearing this country apart for some time. People still want to ignore the fact that our usage of fossil fuels and emissions have put us in the global warming enigma, not to mention the state of the economy since we lost our exports and manufacturing. I won't even bring up the drug issues. We all know about the cigar laws trying or have went through. I don't feel that that should be legal, nor any other large taxes put on products.
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To a large extent I agree with your frustration with the enforcement of laws and of the seemingly untouchable nature of certain "servants of the people". I suppose the main problem I see is change....how do we enact change in such a quagmire of corruption, greed and blatant self-interest and self serving policy? Well, I sure as hell don't know the answer to that one, so I'm with you in having questions but no suitable answers.
I'll decide what is good for myself and if it leads to my demise I will consider that GODS plan to keep the earth spinnin and the dumb from winnin'. What the h-ll did I just say? Way too much Makers Mark tonight .....
I know this started with corruption and we are losing our civil liberties - but I can see an economic implosion.
The thing I find most amazing is that even though I am responsible with my credit, do not buy more than I can afford and make an earnest attempt to secure my future, it seems as though I have to pay the piper right alongside the mortgage defaulters and $20,000 credit line floaters. What a world indeed. As they say, que sera sera.
Ironically, my wife and I just finished paying down the last of some major credit last month. Yeah us.
This is a debatable topic. There is just as much information out there that can show "global warming" is not even happening and/or not due to anything man is doing.
A lot of it starts up there and ends up with us running around screaming about how we're all screwed.
This has a lot to do with consumer confidence, but has more to do about waking up to reality. If I remember anything about economics class in high school, the first thing we learned about is scarcity. It's hard to be confident with such a daunting realization. So, we live in fantasy land for a while and act like what we have is going to last and grow. Not only that, we convince others of that too! We build this way of living into markets and such, where we pay people to allocate resources so that they can grow. And then, when we find out that our schemes didn't work, that our schemes had less of an ability to work because of corruption and greed, we act like any scared little human does...we either point fingers or run-around proclaiming the sky is falling.
I honestly can't tell you if (1) we have enough resources in our country, world, universe to sustain the life that is created and being created or (2) that if our race (the human one) could pull off such a scheme as capitalism without corruption and greed, we would still be able to use those resources responsibly, but I have awaken to that fact that it isn't going to be any economic package, bailout, president, or what have you that brings a big enough change that would have an effect.
We can't see the rest of this iceberg and our limited perspective puts us in a place where either we think we save the ship, or we surrender to the fact that we're going to hit it and suffer the consequences.
I don't want to sound like I'm not a participant in this, I obviously have a job, spend money, and have some great amounts of debt in college loans and CCs and all that. I believe this is more about a major collective thing that has been around for years and will continue, regardless of my rant or anyone else's. I think we all want to find hope, but I think I need solace and serenity more than hope. I need to learn more about living a life where I don't use up everything around me, where I don't take the moment, and everything that goes along with it, for granted.
I hope you all don't think I'm nuts, but I know my life will change due to the economy, maybe for the worse, maybe for the better. I have a feeling it will change again later, but as long as I'm living it, there is something greater than the circumstances that I find myself in. Something more important.
I also agree with stooges that we are just delaying the inevitable. I think the economy has grown at too quick a rate - due to spending that wasn't realistic. Debt that couldn't be managed. The Gov't does this, as well as the people. At some point we have to reduce the deficit, reduce spending, and get back on stable ground. I think we have to pay the piper.