Divided we fall. It is yet another old cliche. There are plenty of them and I see why they are passed along so readily.
Today has been difficult to watch and listen to. People making idle threats, assuming the worst from the election results.
Perhaps a lot of people are missing the point. Perhaps they have forgotten what made this country so strong so long ago.
No one human being controls the destiny of this country. The constitution and amendments have ensured that. No one person can repair everything. No one person can destroy everything.
Even if an actual tights clad superhero were to take office, I would guess that he would have trouble right now. Regardless of what is going on at the capital, we seem to have a much nastier and much more pervasive problem.
Blame.
Blame is standing in the way of progress. Blame security, blame the White House, blame the President, blame the banks, blame the airlines.
Who have we really become? Aren't we better than this?
Why do we still make so many excuses for our own choices and behaviors and so readily blame others?
Why did you get thirteen credit cards? You brag about rights and choices. You had every right to say NO.
This is a country built on "majority rule".
It would seem then that the majority of us may have contributed to the problem.
I will tell you my focus. My personal focus is on purchasing goods made in the USA. I would not go so far as to say that I own nothing imported, but it begins small. I try to pay attention to where my items are made. Who am I personally helping? Am I helping a family in another country or am I helping a family right here?
We all have choices. We even have the choice to focus on blame, or try to make our own changes. Can I afford that? If not, then perhaps I should not buy it. Perhaps that is a better choice than creative financing.
It is not going to be easy to wean ourselves from blame and bad choices. It is not going to be easy to remember to put things into perspective instead of shouting about our "rights".
In the search of prosperity, our creative financing and bookkeeping have placed us right where we are today. Our country should never have been in debt, yet somehow we have been in debt throughout the history of this country, save for one short time period.
What does that say? Isn't it time that we truly examined our own resources and their use? Isn't it time that we came together to create a debt free nation? Isn't it time that we all encourage each other to remember this daily.
The shiny cheap things from overseas are very tempting, but once you consider the actual cost of each of those items...it hardly seems worth it.
We could be providing more families here with a stable income from jobs created to manufacture more things right here. We could be taking care of our own inflation and tax issues right here. We could do so much if we were to trade responsibly.
It does not take an economics major to see that if your purchases outweigh your sales, you will be in debt.
Why can't we put all of the charts, pies and graphs aside with the artificially inflated numbers and just do this the simple way? Think about your holiday purchases?
Can you get something made in the USA instead of something imported? If the demand shifts, so will the industry. The majority needs to speak up and quit blaming.
I hope this tiny post stays in the back of your mind. I hope it affects you. I hope that you are changed by it. The tiny voice is how it begins, even if it is the tiny voice in the back of your mind.
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