WHAT, ME WORRY?
Reading some of the headlines about the economy is enough to make you worried about the future. How will I pay my mortgage? How can I afford to buy gas? Am I going to lose my job? These are all genuine concerns for working American’s like me, but I’m not worried. Maybe I should be more concerned. Maybe I’m just an optimist. I’m just not that worried, mainly for two reasons.
The first reason. Nobody reall wants America’s economy in the tank. There are headlines and stories around the world saying this current economic crisis in America will be the end of America as we know it. Some are suggesting that drastic measures such as Marshall Law, postponement of the 2008 elections, another Great Depression and even the end of America’s sovereignty are all immenent! But nobody really wants that to happen do they?
Do the OPEC nations want their biggest customer, by far their biggest customer, to stopy buying oil? Do China, Japan, Taiwan and all the other countries that sell billions of dollars worth of consumer goods want that market to dry up? The American farmer feeds the world, literally. Does the world want to stop eating American wheat, corn, beef and other American grown food?
There are certainly a number of things that the rest of the world would like to see changed. The war in Iraq robbed a lot of European’s of Sadaam’s petro-dollars. The war against terror has interrupted billions in drug trafficking. For a long time, America’s dominance in the world marketplace has made all other countries also-rans, but the real truth, the real essence of success for all the world’s economy is the American consumer. Everybody in the world wants us for a customer. We spend, we spend big and we do it often. If we stop spending, then everybody, China, OPEC, Mexico, even Europe, everybody starts to suffer.
Nobody really wants America to fail, so I’m not worried.
The second reason I’m not worried is God’s favor. I know this country has it’s faults, but America is the nation leading the cause of freedom and Democracy. America is spreading the word of God throughout the nations. No nation is more generous in it’s giving. Nobody even comes close and now more than ever this world needs America.
So I’m not worried. I’m prayerful, prudent and concerned about a few things, but I’m not worried.
Qwick from East Point, GA Says: March 18th, 2008 at 5:55 am
No! You’re right! Nobody wants America’s economy in the tank. That is exactly why Bush, McCain, yourself and others are holding our military hostage in Iraq! Why? Because no one wants America to fail! I think you may actually be overdosing on your on B.S.!!
The Other Side Says: March 18th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
seriously, the arguments raised in this article have no factual basis. in reality, bear sterns just almost went under. the dollar and home prices are decreasing in value while oil and forclosures are increasing. and we need a few hundred bucks makes things all better. people, like bush, need to admit that people need help and take action before its too late. they already failed to address real problems in iraq because they were stubborn. it seems that bush is unfit to be president because he doesn’t have the people’s best interests in mind, only his corporate buddies.
The Other Side Says: March 20th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
so the fed can use $200 billion of taxpayer money to bail out bear sterns but cannot spend a penny on families on the brink of foreclosure? just one more example of this administration caring about wall street instead of main street.
Brian Zwart Says: March 26th, 2008 at 2:48 am
uhhh… yeah it’s called special-interest lobbies… you have to be special to get the taxpayer’s attention. get real… the majority of us live from paycheck to paycheck.