Finances

I had always dreamed that life would be perfect once I grew up.

I'm not saying that my life isn't wonderful, it is, however it is far from perfect.

Did everybody think they would be wealthy? It's not that I wanted to be wealthy per say, at least I don't now, but I would really just like to be able to pay my bills and buy what my family needs without having to worry. Is this so much to ask?

These days it seems that a college education does not even guarantee you a job. While many people now have these degrees, I think that it doesn't give you the competitive edge that it used to. Now meager jobs (like those I've had in the past) require a bachelors degree and they want to ten bucks an hour!

How ridiculous is it to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a degree to make ten bucks an hour?

Also, these are predominantly female fields (secretarial type positions). Yet the type of "office" jobs men take with the same level of degree seem to pay much more. While the same positions normally pay equal amounts for men and women (well, overall) it seems that those with the same level of education make drastically different amounts depending on their gender.

What does this have to do with anything?

Our economy is in the hole and that still does not make those feel better that are struggling. The fact that ten other families on my street are in the same boat as my family (or worse) does not make it easier when thinking of the future.

What can we do to fix it? Help our neighbors?

I received a cute little flier from my local Christian store a couple weeks back when I went in to get some books, it said that we should make it a point to choose our locally owned businesses over the big corporations (WalMart, Target, etc). I agree whole heartily. And if we had the money the hubs and I would choose local produce over Walmart's, mainly because I HATE Walmart with a passion.

However, we cannot afford to buy everything from local shops. Most people can't either right now and that is what is killing the local economy.

I live in a very accessible area. Everything is within five minutes from my house, well mostly, if not five then ten or fifteen tops. Some businesses over three or four stores within a ten mile radius of my home, some even more. What is this telling us?

1. We are lazy.
2. Convenience rules.
3. Something needs to change.

I was relieved when some of the Starbucks had to close. Goodness, they were starting to pop up on every corner.

Things were going too good for too long, the bubble has been flirting with bursting for quite some time. Now the bubble has popped, everybody is broke, and business is screwed.

The figures came out yesterday that things are only going to get worse through the end of the year. However, President Obama is just acting like we have all the money in the world.

Well, technically we do.

See, all they keep doing is having the fed print more and more money.

Can it be backed up by gold, like it is supposed to be? And China is sick of giving us money because they realize that our dollar is worth nothing. The global market is seriously discussing moving to a new currency, possibly a one world type.

But yet nobody seems to be taking notice. AND those of us who do are considered right wing radical nuts. Well, I guess that's what I am, because I need a real job and there are none out there!