The was one of the craziest and unfactual post I have ever seen on this board.
Congrats!
Travel to Europe someday, it's beautiful and the people there are happy and live simple (non US glutenous) lives.. Less than 5% of the jobs in the stimulous package were government jobs.
The problems we are facing is punishment for years of living beyond our means and having way too high of a standard of living in the US.. This recession gives the US a "chance" to survive in the future. We could not go on with crazy ass gains in housing and the stock market, huge payscales for US employees (greedy GM workers thinking they deserve $30/hr), and all the other insane traits the US was starting to be known for (an HD TV in every room, a cell phone on every ear, and a new car every 3 years)..
YES, the US will never be the same. The past 10-15 years of living large is gone.. Deal with, but stop acting like it's Armageddon..
You say you are 53 y/o bigworld? Then you should know that we had a much different and simplier world back in the 50s-70s .. not everyone had to have a house or nice car or extreme material luxuries in their homes.. People ate at the dinner table at night, and adults worked 10 hour days and were happy that their paycheck covered the neccessary bills.
You people act like the world is crashing down because things aren't handed to you anymore.. yes, I said "handed to you!"..
Socialism was the world we lived in for years.. a Ponzi scheme socialist state where everyone was given way too much, and everyone expected more and more every day.. like a bunch of baby birds with their mouths wide open..
**I state this last paragraph in advance of the idiotic "We're moving to Socialism" statements that will follow.. **
I cannot believe how greedy and forgetful everyone has gotten.. We still live in a great country and have more emenities than anyone could ever need.. Grow up people.. The days of slacking off, bloggin all day and texting to your friends at work, and working a 2 hour workday (the other 6 filled with unneeded meetings and business-speak powerpoints) is over..
Anyone that works hard, and is willing to take a job that may be below their "perceived unrealistic time period value" will do just fine.. you adjust your expectations a bit, stop buying stupid crap, start cooking at home again, and learning that happiness is more than greed based luxuries..
AI
