A few things to note. Poverty in America is largely masked by reckless spending. So I would clarify what i meant by poverty. Also, the definitions of poverty in America diverge widely between expected income brackets, economic levels indicative to where and how you live. Among other things. Which is to say that being poor in Alaska is not the same as being poor in Tennessee or South Carolina. What makes the U.S. such a problem to classify is how widely incomes and lack thereof vary from state to state.
We have all lived to see a major loss of income. I see the fault as that of trying to lay this at one president or another's feet. With 4 to 8 year terms, few presidents have managed to do much more than increase the speed or decrease the speed of American Decline since the 1960's when (as far as I can tell) it began. That seems to be when words like Crises came to be used by the media (which ironically becomes the eyes, ears and voice of America) began to surface. Debt becomes a more commonly known word. The fault (if there is just one) is in trying to sum it up with one term or blanket explanation. I am reminded of Act II of Into the Woods,, when the characters all start pointing fingers and singing "It's your fault." The wise man or woman would step back and say it doesn't matter whose fault it is, the problem(s) exist, what can we do to fix it?
Obama is no worse a President than any of the others. All of them are trapped by the monster of decline in a world where consumption is quickly overcoming everything including the ability to produce enough to stem the tide. Huxley's Brave New World comes to mind at this point.
America largely has stopped producing anything as changes in the labor force has grown and people's needs/desires/wants have evolved into other expectations. Some people argue that America can no longer produce anything, but I say it's a nice lie. We could produce everything we need and maybe some of what we want but sacrifices would have to be made- most of which few Americans seem (appear) to be willing to make. Like spending more money for local goods (yes Walmart could be considered a bane against this type of Industry. But it was the American who sought the cheap over the other that drove the Monster called Walmart all over this country. (Walmart is not the only corporation that is killing any chance of recovery- just the most prevalent one in my area (TN).
Do you realize that most of our esteemed technology production is largely produced in 2 cities and located on average of 19 city blocks? Or that most of the hard drives in our computers originate out of a handful of factories in Thailand? No, all we are consumed with is getting a better Iphone or Mac or PC.
I'd say more but I realize I am barking mad anyway. Blame Obama if you want, blame Bush, Blame Thomas Jefferson or Lenin or George Washington. Blame Elvis while you are at it. WE Americans are very good at pointing fingers. Taxes and taxing will not solve ANYTHING. Cutting spending can, but almost all the cuts proposed are utterly futile and ridiculous that they are laughable against where 90% of the money is going. Eisenhower had it right. We should have listened to him. We shouldn't have listened to MacArthur, we should have down what Patton wanted and Maybe we should have studied our "Forefathers/founding fathers" better and paid more attention to what they actually said and did. You want to save America? Start with yourself and work from there.
What is all this about?
It's me trying (and failing to be reasonable on Facebook)
We are what we are.
largely Undeserving of what our ancestors and grandparents thought to be giving us.
A couple of interesting things doth follow thus:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464883344765926.html
And that is what I am going on about today, anyway.
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