The Big Disconnect

It amazes me when someone has no clue about whats going on with the economy. Some of this will depend on your income. If your retired? Still in the work force? I recently ran into a woman and she was clueless about people's situations and even the economy. She had this idea that people were in these situations of having to work more than one to two jobs because they were living beyond their means.

This is the smug belief that people shouldn't try to better themselves. They should except a certain level of income based on the narrow minded belief of others. The reality is that most of these people were not living above their means. Now they are having to work more than two jobs just to maintain.
I don't know if it's an age thing with some of these people or a generation thing with this judging others? It does remind me of the bucket of crabs stories.

I don't know where this sick idea comes from to try to drag down others who want more? I'm not going to say its a human thing. I think its a sick thing, human not so much. If you have confidence in yourself. You aren't as inclined to step on other people's dreams. The dream crushers are usually toxic waste. This is one of the reasons that I keep people like this away from me. Some people have them in their family and dread visiting them.

One of the things about the economy is that effected every industry globally. No one that worked in these global industries was at fault. If anything there were a lot of casualties in the fall out. Some have recovered, many are still in recovery or survival mode. There is still distrust in the stock market and retirement accounts.

It's still interesting to see how everything will shake out in the long run. A lot of people feel that the people that were prosecuted were not punished enough. Even their families got of easily. Their assets were not seized to make restitution for the crimes they committed. Other countries are still just trying to survive as their economies are limping along.

Penny J (MN, USA)
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