question #3

Hello all! It’s Friday, Thank God!  I’m back with another of those questions as promised so let’s get to it. If one word were to be voted on as most synonymous with the year 2009, chances are that word would be RECESSION. Though it started initially around 2007, peaked this year all of us have been affected by it at one point in time or another whether it be the loss of a job, someone you knew lost a job, your favorite store went out of business or simply you noticed less money in your wallet,bank account,etc. It has been tough! The obvious out of all of this is that the primary reason this has happened to us is a combination of things. For starters, there has been little if not any at all oversight over our financial stability as a country from crooked bonuses to the Madoff scandal. Some shady characters have been living high off of the hog for some time now. Now combine that with an impotent administration that had us in a war that really didn’t do anything for us but alienate us as a bunch of bullies around the globe all while spending a surplus and creating a deficit and there you have it: A recipe for broke person’s stew or as I call the “empty pockets syndrome”. People have gone absolutely nuts during this period of time and have gone through some extreme measures just to make ends meet.  However, in spite of all that is going on, there has been some bright spots with the election of a capable leader, who has a efficient administration, and who makes decisions that while all may not agree with them they are far better decisions than his predecessor. He has brought us back into the huddle of camaraderie with the rest of the world and though the recession isn’t over completely as some of us still need jobs and changes, he has brought a bright light over a dark dark situation. I believe that he stopped the hemorrhaging of our economy’s value to stand as a leader of the free world. While some may agree and most definitely some will disagree, once this recession is declared completely over, Do you think they will give President Barack Obama his credit due? Time will tell. In the meanwhile what do you think?