My First Blog-

I watched the evening news tonight, they led off with a story of how A-Rod took drugs in 2003- meanwhile our country is headed towards a depression. What the devil sense does that make? Had those Senate Comittees paid less attention to who took steriods (etc), perhaps the Wall Street situation would not be where it is today? Just a thought- when i look at our 401k i want to vomit when i see how much just our family "donated" to the stock market this year. Now mind you- we are blessed- we are not ready for retirement just yet- my heart goes out to those in retirement or just on the brink.
Common sense is not common- what the devil does the government want to spend $900 BILLION some on? If it had something to do with the slumping housing market, people losing thier homes, thier jobs or thier benefits... shouldn't someone say something about that? If i am not mistaken- didn't we just spend $300 some odd BILLION to bail out people who acted like teen-agers on payday (no offense to teen-agers here... but they are not usually noted for thier fiscal responsibility)? 1 MILLION to redecorate an office? $35k for an accent piece- isn't that a year of a salary (bad move Linch)? Tar & feather is too good for some people. Explain to me how America can bail out a bank- so they can have a 500k executive weekend- AIG? I may just be a suburbanite mom- but i could really stretch $500k!
The same goes for the American Automakers- I love american-made cars- we buy American cars. But how the big three can have the audacity to show up first by plane (private of course) then by car to beg congress for money is beyond me. Why are executives paid for failure? i know most people if they do not succeed they do not get paid- period. i love how the "well if we do not pay for the best- be do not get the best"- ok... i hear you on that- but if they are not doing the best (any you are laying off thousands of workers), do not give them the best! Thier bonuses for failure would support countless families- that are doing thier best- everyday- showing up for work & making your product! Reward the workers for doing thier jobs- not the executives that are not doing thiers!
AS Americans, we need to MAKE something again- we used to make cars, steel, technology (etc) - and really kick ass at doing it. We were world leaders, now we farm all our stuff out to countries that are now kicking our butts!
We also as Americans really need to tighten our belts as to what we are "giving away" people that do not belong here (welfare, healthcare, jobs, education)- people that did ot stand in line as we all did at one time in our families history do not deserve all the "American Goodies." I am not against anyone who wants to be an American- hell- please- come help raise our nation up, with your skills & your hard work- just that there is a right way and a wrong way to do everying- so please do it the right way. We need new ideas in our nation- 'cause the ones we are using right now- really aren't working.