My view on the economy

My view on the economy is that the media needs to keep out of it. To me is seems that the media likes to keep things in an uproar so they like to over-exaggerate things. I'm not saying that things are not bad, but sometimes the media creates chaos. I also feel that our stock market was so overinflated that it had to regulate itself. We could not go at the growth rate that we were without repercussions.

I also think that high executives over-inflated stock prices to make more money. I'm not really seeing a difference between what the executives at Enron did and the top execs of the companies that are failing today did. Personally I feel that these execs stole from their stock holders and their employees, and now they are stealing money from the American people by taking tax payer money and still paying outrageous bonuses to retain these "quality" people that have run the companies in the ground. I have never heard of rewarding a person for not doing there job. If I own a company and an employee doesn't do their job they lose their job, they sure as heck don't get a raise and bonus.

Also, I don't think that the government should have stepped in when they did. If they would have let the first company go down, no other company would have even hinted at the possibility of failing. This is a country of free enterprise, not government controlled companies. Right now the government has too much say so and control over private companies. Also I don't think that to keep throwing money into these companies especially without very strict rules as to what the CEO's can do with the money, which should have been not to pay ANY bonuses, as well as cutting top pay and expenses, not cutting lower jobs, was not a smart idea. The government, although may be well intended, but to me they are going about it backwards. They cannot try to keep the life boat floating with a small band-aid when in fact it needs a full body cast. The way to get our economy growing again is to have more people working, which means to create more jobs, in turn, that means that we as a country needs to actually make products. We cannot be a service country and not make products. If the government wants to give money and incentives to American companies it needs to be for companies that make products in THIS country, not one that imports its products. I think that what we have done to future generations is outrageous.

If you are reading this then you must want to read my thoughts and I hope that you understand why I feel the way that I do. Also help support America and buy American and buy local, if the government can't stimulate our economy then it is up to us as Americans to take our country back and grow it ourselves.

OK HERE IS MY TAKE ON A MAJOR PART OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS AND TOO MANY COMPANIES STILL LEAVING. IN THE SMALL TOWN I WORK IN ONE OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS IS CLOSING AND 175 PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK. WELL GUESS WHAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PAYING TAXES, WHICH I THINK IS HIGHWAY ROBBERY ANYWAYS. WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT LAVE BEEN "LAID-OFF"-MEANING COMPANIES WENT OVERSEAS TO MAKE MORE PROFIT OFF OF THOSE WHO HELPED THE COMPANY GROW AND THRIVE, YET GUESS WHAT THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY THESE PRODUCTS BECAUSE THE GREEDY HIGHER UP'S PUT THEM OUT OF WORK. IF WE STOP IMPORTING THE THINGS THAT COULD BE MADE IN THIS COUNTRY AND PUT AMERICAN'S BACK TO WORK, GUESS WHAT THAT WOULD CREATE REVENUE AND MORE TAXES WOULD BE PAID, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY PAY OFF THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT AND THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. I ALSO DO NOT THINK THATCEO'S SHOULD MAKE THE MILLIONS THAT THEY DO AND GET SEVERANCE PACKAGES THAT ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE COST OF A SMALL COUNTRY. IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE THAT THE MORE THE CEO MAKES THE WORSE OFF THE COMPANY IS, I WONDER WHY? THE HIGHER-UPS ARE THE ONES RUINING THE COMPANIES THAT WERE ONCE THRIVING AND A VIABLE PART OF THE COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE SO GREEDY THAT THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF 100'S OF PEOPLE LOSING NOT ONLY THEIR JOBS, BUT ALSO IN MANY CASES THEIR LIFE SAVINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO HAVE.

ALSO PERSONALLY I THINK THAT GOVERNMENT IS GETTING THEIR HANDS IN TOO MUCH OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WHICH BEFORE LONG THEY WILL BE IN EVERYTHING AND THERE GOES FREE ENTERPRISE AND OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

ALSO, WITH THE AVERAGE SALARY IN THE US BEING AROUND 36000, WHICH I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS CRAZY THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE MAKING OVER 160,000 PER YEAR, PLUS HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENIFITS. I'M SORRY BUT I THINK THEY NEED A PAY CUT. ALSO I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO VOTE THEMSELVES A PAY RAISE OR GET LIFETIME BENIFITS.

THE WELFARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED. I KNOW PEOPLE NEED HELP, BUT THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO STAND ON YOUR OWN AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BECOME TOO RELIANT ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, BUT IF WE BROUGHT JOBS BACK FROM OVERSEAS AND PUT PEOPLE TO WORK THEN THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE HELP.

IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO DEVELOPE OTHER NATIONS BY BANKRUPTING OUR OWN. I KNOW THAT PROBABLE SOUNDS COLD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE HEADED. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE ALL I HERAD WAS THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS THE NEW WAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING, IN THEROY MAYBE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SELL, NO GOODS AT ALL THE ECONOMY CANNOT SURVIVE. YOU CANNOT IMPORT MORE THAN YOU EXPORT AND REMAIN A STRONG NATION AND A SUCCESSFUL NATION. BUT WHAT GETS EVEN WORSE IS THAT WE ARE IMPORTING OUR SERVICE WORK ALSO, IT IS REDICULIOUS THAT A CALL CENTER FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY WITH A CALL MADE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT ANSWERED IN THE US. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT, BUT COULD CHANGE IN AN INSTANT. EVERYONE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND MAKE WASHINGTON LISTEN, WE NEED TO BRING JOBS BACK HOME.

JUSTICE

I SEE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY, BUT WHEN SOMEONE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER, WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BOND OUT OF JAIL. IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME THEN THEY SHOULD PAY. A SLAP ON THE WRIST IS FOR A CHILD LEARNING RIGHT FROM WRONG, NOT SOMEONE THAT HAS TAKEN ANOTHER LIFE. THERE IS ONE CHANCE TO BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY AND IF YOU FAIL, THEN USUALLY THERE CAN BE NO REHABILITATION. FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN GANGS THEY GET THEIR THRILLS BY TORTURING AND KILLING. THERE IS A QUICK WAY TO GET RID OF GANGS, PUBLIC EXECUTIONS, AND ACTUALLY PUNISHING THEM FOR THEIR CRIMES. THERE SHOULD BE NO PAROLE, NO LENIENCY, AND NO PRIVILEGES FOR THOSE WHO COMMIT CRIMES. WHAT IS THE JUSTICE WHEN SOMEONE COMMITS A CRIME AND THEY HAVE MORE LUXURIES THAT A HARD WORKING GOOD MEMBER OF SOCIETY. ALSO IF THE MAJORITY OF THE GANGS ARE AS A RESULT OF THE ILLEGALS FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA, THEN GUESS WHAT, CLOSE THE BORDERS AND STOP LETTING THEN INTO OUR COUNTRY. I AM NOT SAYING THAT ALL ILLEGALS ARE GANG BANGERS, THERE ARE THOSE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY, BUT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEY NEED TO BE RETURNED TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY AND PROSECUTED THERE. THEIR COUNTRY NEEDS TO PAY FOR THEM TO STAY IN JAIL, NOT MY TAX DOLLARS.

OUR LAWS NEED TO BE FOLLOWED AND NOT RE-WRITTEN BECAUSE A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE SAY THAT IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM. THERE ARE 10 BASIC LAWS THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THERE IS NO REASON THAT THEY SHOULD BE CHANGED. IF OUR JUDGES THAT WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT US ACTUALLY PROSECUTED THOSE THAT COMMITTED THE CRIMES THEN WE OUR COUNTRY WOULD ACTUALLY BEEN SEEN AS A STRONG COUNTRY, AND NOT A COUNTRY THAT GIVES INTO PRESSURE FROM EVERY GROUP BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE.

PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES NO MATTER WHAT GROUP THEY COME FROM

MY BELIEFS, MY THOUGHT, MY CONCERNS, AND MY VIEWS

OK THESE ARE MY BELIEFS, MY THOUGHTS, MY CONCERNS, AND MY VIEWS.
I BELIEVE IN GOD, HE IS THE ALL MIGHTY LOVING GOD.
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES AND THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT KNOW THE REASON AT THE TIME.
EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE, EVERYONE HAS A PURPOSE.
I WILL RAISE MY CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH AND TRY TO INSTILL IN THEM THE SAME MORAL UPBRINGING THAT I HAD.
I TRY TO LIVE MY LIFE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT ME AND KNOW THAT I AM A CHRISTIAN.

MY THOUGHTS:
PEOPLE WANT EVERYTHING NOW, YET THINK THAT IT IS OWED TO THEM AND DON'T WANT TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR WHAT THEY HAVE. THERE IS TOO MUCH BLAME PUT ON OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT ENOUGH RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN FOR ACTIONS. IT SEEMS THAT IT IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.

MY CONCERNS:
WITH THE RISING GAS PRICES I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO HELP OUT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO GET THE PRICES LOWERED. I DON'T HERE OF ANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TRYING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM IN OFFICE.
IT ALSO REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING DONE IN THIS COUNTRY TO BRING JOBS HERE AND RETAIN THE MANUFACTURING JOBS THAT WE HAVE.

ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE IS THAT WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK I SEE A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSES, YET NONE OF THEM ARE EVEN CLOSE TO BEING FULL. WHY IS IT THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN FUEL AND THE DECREASE IN QUALITY OF EDUCATION CAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS NOT GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER AND SEE THAT MAGNET SCHOOLS ARE NOTHING BUT A NEW WAY TO SAY BUSING. I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS RIGHT FOR CHILDREN TO BE ON A SCHOOL BUS FOR AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND AN HOUR IN THE EVENING. THEY CLAIM THAT IS IT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SPECIALIZE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, WELL I THINK THAT IS A BUNCH OF GARBAGE. I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE TO SUFFER AND PAY BECAUSE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CANNOT GET THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEMS STRAIGHTENED OUT. IF YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH DISCIPLINE, YOU FIX THE PROBLEM, DON'T MOVE IT TO A SCHOOL THAT IS THRIVING AND ACHIEVING ITS GOALS. A MAJOR PART OF THE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL TODAY IS BECAUSE PARENTS DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO BE PARENTS. THEY THINK THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN, YET THEY GET MAD WHEN THEIR DISRESPECTFUL CHILDREN GET IN TROUBLE. CHILDREN ARE NOT SHOWN WHAT RESPECT IS, WHAT SELF WORTH IS, WHAT HONESTY IS, AND WHAT MORALS ARE.

MY VIEWS:
I AM A CHRISTIAN
I AM A REPUBLICAN
I AM FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE
I AM PRO LIFE, I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, I FEEL MARRIAGE IS A SACRED UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
I AM NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT
I AM FOR EQUAL RIGHTS WHEN ALL IS EQUAL
I FEEL WE SHOULD SECURE OUR BORDERS AND PROTECT OUR PEOPLE
WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY FROM THE TOP DOWN
AS AMERICANS WE NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTRY
WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND ACTUALLY ENJOY LIFE
MORE TIME NEEDS TO BE SPENT WITH FAMILY
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS
THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR ACTIONS, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS
OUR CONGRESSMEN AND REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO STOP MAKING NEW LAWS THAT FIT THEIR NEEDS
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE 10 COMMANDMENTS

THESE ARE SOME OF MY BELIEFS, THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, AND VIEWS. I HAVE MANY MORE, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO WRITE THEM DOWN

GAS PRICES

AS I DRIVE TO WORK EVERYDAY I LOOK AND CRINGE WHEN I SEE A GAS STATION. THE PRICE KEEPS GOING UP AND UP AND UP. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO HAPPEN. THERE IS NO REASON THAT CRUDE OIL KEEPS GOING UP AT RECORD PACES. THE ONLY REASON FOR IT IS THAT OIL COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO MADE MORE AND MORE PROFIT. IF A CEO MAKES A COUPLE MILLION DOLLAR SALARY WITH MILLIONS OF ADDED PERKS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE TOO GREEDY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THEY ARE CAUSING SO MANY PEOPLE TO STRUGGLE. I AM ALSO SICK AND TIRED OF THE EXCUSES THAT ARE MADE TO JUSTIFY THE PRICES. TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK OUT FOR AMERICANS AND SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF AMERICANS ARE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THE HIGH GAS PRICES.
ANOTHER THING THAT GETS ME IS THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE AROUND IN THESE BIG SUV'S DON'T SEEM TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE GAS PRICES, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THE SMALL COMPACT CARS THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO COULD FILL UP FOR $12.00. NOW IT IS ALL THEY CAN DO TO KEEP A HALF TANK. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THIS.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRICES. IT IS CAUSING SO MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE LOWER WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROTECT OUR INTEREST AND NOW JUST THERE TO MAKE A BUCK. I THOUGHT THAT THE DEMOCRATS SAID THAT IF THEY GOT CONTROL OF CONGRESS THAT THEY GUARANTEED THAT GAS PRICES WOULD NOT GO BACK UP, YET LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LET GAS KEEP GOING UP TO MAKE THE REPUBLICANS LOOK BAD, BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THEM, THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUFFER SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK LIKE THE HERO'S. TO ME THEY ALL NEED TO GO, NONE OF THEM HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO HELP THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.
JUST TO SAY AGAIN THESE GAS PRICES ARE TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND A RIP OFF!

MORALS

AS A COUNTRY WE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE BASIC MORALS TO LIVE BY. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THOSE MORALS AND START LIVING LIFE RIGHT. CHURCH NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY, WE NEED TO MAKE FAMILY VALUES IMPORTANT, LIKE EATING DINNER TOGETHER, PLAYING TOGETHER, TALKING, TAKING WALKS, SHARING STORIES, LAUGHING, JUST DOING NOTHING TOGETHER. WE NEED TO TEACH RIGHT FROM WRONG AND NOT PREACH AT PEOPLE FOR DOING WRONG. BACK TO THE BASICS. WE DON'T NEED TO WRITE NEW LAWS WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE UNNECESSARY ONES AND LIVE BY THE LAWS THAT REALLY MATTER. WE CANNOT KEEP WRITING LAWS JUST TO FIT INTO CERTAIN LIFESTYLES. THE LAWS NEED TO BE FOR EVERYONE AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET LIKE PUNISHMENT. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE MONEY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD BE "ABOVE THE LAW." THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ARE THE BASIS OF OUR LAWS AND THOSE ARE THE LAWS THAT WE SHOULD STICK TO. TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. DON'T ALWAYS BE A TAKER, ONE DAY YOU MAY REALLY NEED SOMETHING. SHOW RESPECT FOR ELDERS, SHOW COMPASSION FOR EVERYONE, SHOW REMORSE FOR HURTING, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS, IT CAN'T ALWAYS BE SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT. WE NEED TO ALL WORK ON BRING BACK MORALS PRIDE BACK TO OUR COUNTRY. IT NEEDS TO START AT HOME AND IN THE CHURCH. BACK TO THE BASICS!

THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE VOTE OUR OFFICIALS IN WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR PROMISES. WITH THE COST OF LIVING GOING UP AT A VERY FAST PACE, WHY IS IT THAT JUST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN DC HAVE VOTED THESELVES PAY RAISES WORTH OVER 16,000(ABOUT.COM). THAT IS CRAZY!!! A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET A RAISE UNTIL MIM WAGE GOES UP IF EVEN THEN. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF PROTECTING THE INTEREST OF THOSE WHO PUT THEM IN OFFICE. THEY DON'T TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, THEY CREATE NEW ONES.
I DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE IN WRITING NEW LAWS JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES. OUR LAWS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS AND YEARS, SO LET'S LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO WIRTE NEW RULES FOR "SPECIAL" GROUPS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LAND OF EQUALITY.
WE NEED TO ELECT NEW OFFICIALS, BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE IN OFFICE NOW, IN MY OPINION, HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXCAPT GET US DEEPER IN DEBT AND RUN THE COST OF LIVING UP.
THERE IS NO REASON THAT GAS PRICES KEEP GOING UP EXCEPT FOR PRICE GOUGING AND THE HIGH UP EXECUTIVES ARE GETTING RICHER AND SOMEONE HAS THEIR HAND IN THE POT, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE DAYS THAT YOU LIVED BY THE RULES OF THE CHURCH-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-AND THAT YOU COULD TRUST PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WERE HONEST?
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS AND BRING BACK MORALS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
BUY AMERICAN
GOD BLESS AMERICA--AMERICA BLESS GOD