How come is it that there are so many issues to worry about now a days? Sure we could turn our backs and choose the things that we worry about but, really what is that going to do for ya! Just because it worked on somethings it doesn’t mean it isn’t going to work this time. By now you might be thinking, “what are you talking about?”. Well I’m thinking about the gas prices, our soldiers across seas, the new elections that is all over the place. Yes I voted, and I’m a concern citizen, but even though I haven’t been interested in politics before until now because of the new changes in government doesn’t give me the right not to be concern. Ok I need to get my thoughts together about what I wanted to say, as a generation X’er I am starting to feel the pressure of our economy, our way of life, our future and the future of my children’s generation. I have found myself really worried about how our economy is going to be in the next SIX months! I have already seen the effect on the people around me and it slowly is getting worse. Seriously if I was in a position that would require me to make a decision on how prices of certain products are managed, I would consider all the people. I guess what I’m trying to say is that, if you put aside reality and you take away all of the politics and the economical facts, and you pay attention to what the prices of medication, living, gas and food (which are things that we need to keep this economy going) you can see that the prices have changed dramatically and (again I’m not an expert) our economy is not catching up! We are seeing more job cuts, more jobs across seas with outsourcing, our own military outsourcing our protection, and gas prices that will reach four dollars before the new year (as I hear). Wake up business leaders who are hungry about making that extra dollar to improve your income and portfolio! It is OUR economy, it is OUR country, and IT IS OUR PEOPLE that you are screwing! Yes you might have an answer for all the reasons you handle business, but ask yourselves this. Have you walked down the streets and actually saw how the middle class has been affected by this? or how long do you plan on stretching that american dollar who is losing its value in the market? I’m still working on my undergrad and I can even see that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that OUR people are getting stretched out, little by little, penny for penny. But here we stand as the middle class and watch it happen because we think we don’t matter and we can’t change it. Well some of you out there are wrong! We can change it and we will, it will only go so far before people start to realize how pissed of we are, how broke “Joe Smo” is down the street because he can’t afford the gas to a job that he is barely keeping because his department will be outsourced within the next couple of months. OH, you want to know what I saw the other day at Home Depot, a black man standing WITH the illegal Mexican immigrants flagging down for work. Yeah and I thought I saw it all….. now I will leave you with this thought…. for how long? how long do you think we could actually go though this….. how long?
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