This writer is by no means a math genius, has never claimed to be. I did very poorly in math in school, math in college was a nightmare, and the only way I learned how to do math at all was working with money my entire adult life. I'm pretty sure two plus two still equals four, but you give me cash money and I'm a dream cashier or manager. Ok now that I am finished simultaneously giving myself a complex and tooting my own horn, I'll get right to the point. Three and one-half trillion dollars is a lot of money. Ok, I laugh and look around my empty office. Is that the understatement of the year? Maybe it would have more impact like this: $3,500,000,000. It's so much money it makes me feel stupid.
IDIOCRACY or LIES?
That being said, again, I will try to get back to my point. Like I said earlier, I understand math about as much as men. I may not know a lot about what I'm talking about, to be quite frank. I understand that the mind-boggling figures that we are being barraged with on a daily basis have served to desensitize us to the ever-unabashed spending spree that our government is on. This post is not to serve as a rant about whether or not we should have bailed this one out or that one, or who the fault belongs to in our current "financial crisis". Truly, readers, this is ridiculous.
Back to pointing out my lack of math skills, and understanding of global financial matters...but there is not actually that much money, is there? What kind of "debt" is three-and-a-half trillion dollars? We went from being surprised that we were starting to "talk in the billions" just last year, to being totally blase about this notion of trillions of dollars in deficit. Debt, deficit, maybe they aren't even the same thing. I don't know. That's how terribly confusing all this is. But, I just keep hearing the numbers racking up higher and higher, and all I can think to myself is, "Are they just putting off telling us, 'It's over', to prevent wide-spread panic?".
WE'RE STILL WAITING
Seriously, I mean, what is left? What kind of security is there to cling to? The FDIC is a joke. Money is a joke. Stocks are a joke. Retirement funds are a joke. They (as in, the government) keep telling the populace to, "Wait and see, it will get better." Well, a certain writer's ex-husband used to say the same thing when his paycheck never made it home intact. My mistake at the time was to believe him, and hold out for better days. Well, maybe I should have waited around for his grandmother to pass away and leave him the $11,000 that the bank lien on any future property took before he ever saw it. He still borrows money from his dad to pay the bills. And our government is going to keep "borrowing" from us and future generations.
FORCED PRIDE?
I swear, some days I just want to get online and scream at the monitor as I type in all caps about my discontent with the current state of the nation and world. But then I realize I would sound like the other billion or so ranters out there, and that no one would listen. So, I try the calm, reasonable route. I hope this didn't sound like a rant. Maybe it was. I'm just tired of this mess. I'm tired of hearing about it. I'm tired of watching rich men and women who are completely out of touch with how most of the nation lives stand in front of microphones and preach to us about how we should be proud to do this and that to save our country. It kind of defeats the purpose, if you're going for pride, to force someone to do something, and then expect them to be proud of it.
ADMITTING DEFEAT: I RANT
So, I'm asking. How has any of this helped anyone who ever reads this? How has all this governmental blah-blah made any one American's life better? Ok, yeah, this is a rant. I don't care. I don't if I'm not always eloquent. I don't care if I run off-course every now and again. I'm gonna say what I have to say, while it's still legal to say it. I'm not conspiracy theorist, so I'm not going to say, "It's coming." It's here. Welcome to Planet Earth. Just keep us full, let us keep our cable, and don't make us think too much, and the place is yours for the taking. Enjoy. Our parents and grandparents worked so hard to make it nice for you.
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