Voodoo Economics

Voodoo Economics

Here is a nice throw back to the 80's, a time where people where really worried about the economy and jumping to conclusion daily about the problems and whose to blame.

Sounds mighty familiar doesn't it?

But we've got a president that seems more controversial then any before, economic dilemas and social tragedy. So how do the 80's and today co-inside?

Right now, they don't. The youth aren't nearly as active as they were. Blame it on MTV, video games or the internet, but either way we aren't active. Our voices aren't being heard, and in the end we end up speaking our opinion rashly and without incentive. We speak for ourselves, not for others and most of our thoughts just cloud up the mind, much like a commercial on the t.v.

Now I know some of you are thinking "But I was active, I registered to vote, I helped out!"

Voting isn't enough, you gotta get up off your ass and actually do something.

I've gotten off the main point quite a bit, so back to that. The title of the song I referenced is Voodoo economics, a "slanderous" term used by George Bush (no W. there) for the style of economics reagan used (for those of you in the know "reaganomics"). Just so I don't clutter this up with some real crazy technical stuff, if you don't know what that is just go here for a nice summary.

So this all goes to economics. I'm not an expert on economics, my highest point in that field is a good ol' B in a high school class. But I do understand the basic principles of supply and demand. At this point, many people are demanding a lot of things. Yet there is a limited supply of answers, and an even more limited supply of people willing to do anything to actually get things done.
Sure, thousands of people can show up to vote. You'd think seeing the power of the masses being able to do anything would incite people to do more. Our president is black, but our country is still in the red. And whose to blame? Not Obama, not George Bush, and as much as I'd like to say Wall street, this isn't the answer.
No.
It's you. It's your credit cards you carry around with you, and the money you spend without actually having it. It's the loans you take out without any plans to pay them back, and the investments you make that have such a low chance of success you'd be better buying scratch tickets.

How do we fix this?
I got a pretty simple idea. "You can't afford it, don't buy it"
Seriously. How hard is it to not buy that flat screen tv? From a kid who went from being able to spend money frivolously to now being broke 100% of the time, I'll say its easy. Just think for a moment "is it better to eat well for the next three weeks or have a giant TV that probably will break and cost a fortune to fix"

Here comes the tie in:
You gotta tighten your bootstraps, be prepared to live with what you have, and of course enjoy the little things.