Its been a while . A long time actually since I wrote on here. Never to mind. No excuses they don't work anymore, nor does procrastination. I could blame it on writer's block, finger cramps, brain farts, who knows. But I wont.
Instead I will write on an important issue that seems to be bothersome to thousands who sit in Lower Manhattan, camping out for days and days portraying one message " Stop being Greedy Wall Street ".
Capitalism is not 'the crisis' though. The entrepreneurial spirit that thrives in the U.S. is what makes and what drives this country. It is when the boundaries become blurred when the government decides to intervene and bailout massive corporations ( aka some banks ) when the times get tough. And as we all most surely know times are tough. Money is hard to be made, unless of course you're a C.E.O. in a banking corporation, or you, your company, or small business are somehow are unscathed from the financial depression that has lingered over the U.S. and the international economies in recent years. But, I doubt that very highly- going unscathed that is.
One of the many reasons why I have enjoyed my whole process of becoming an American citizen was because of the capitalistic opportunities in the U.S. The system. Its the reason why the economy can spread wealth, or make wealth, or influence wealth. The reason I have a job is because of the free market system. My boss sells a product. The consumer buys it. That consumer has the money to buy it because they received their money from the sale of another product. And, you and I can have a share in the profits on the market during profitable times, and sometimes not so profitable times. It is as simple as that. Unfortunately, not all agree though. Yes the big banks cried like babies when the economy and the stock market crashed back in 2009/2010, but why? Because they made the choice to sell their product to consumers who could not pay in return. Then they paniced and apparently by holding their hands out to the federal government they were saved from ultimate destruction or catalysmic failing on a world wide scale. Please , really? Or maybe I may not 'get' the real infinite complexities of capitalism, but I do get this- greed, power and politics. The government decided to intervene and stop an economic meltdown a couple of years back. But in doing so they gave back to the banks the power to once again rob from the poor to become rich. Thats right, the banks took the governments bailout, which by the way came from you and I who pay our taxes, and gave it to the banks so they could tax us again in order for them to pay back the government. It just doesn't sit right with the average Joe, and any wonder considering the same CEO's who messed their businesses up in the first place continued to mass millions of dollars in profit sharing at the end of the day. No its not right. The system has become infested with greed, power hungry executives, and political squander. And, because of this unfortunately faith in the free market system has suffered. Capitalism is not the problem people, politics is. But let's all admit it, what goes around in life will ultimately come back around, good or bad, dishonest politics and greed, or honest and true trading. It could be worse though right? We might as well be in a depression.
Have a great day my friends!
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