Oh Boy Obama!

IT SEEMS THAT THE PRESENT BAILOUT PLANS ARE JUST MORE TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS. WHY NOT GO THE OTHER WAY. I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL IDEA BUT WHY NOT INVEST SOME OF THE TAX PAYERS MONEY BACK TO THE TAXPAYER. THEN LET THEM USE IT AS THEY SEE FIT.(SAVE, SPEND, PAY BILLS ETC) IN MY DAY, PAYING FOR THINGS IN CASH WAS A VIRTUE. EXCEPT FOR HOMES AND NOW CARS, SMART PEOPLE SAVED THEIR MONEY TO BUY THINGS THEY NEEDED OR WANTED. UNLESS IT WAS AN EMERGENCY PEOPLE TRIED NOT TO USE CREDIT. NOW DAYS WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BORROW MONEY AND SPEND TO KEEP THE ECONOMY GOING. THAT IS NOT WHY INDIVIDUALS SHOULD SPEND MONEY.(MACRO OR MICRO) FISCAL RESPONCIBILTY SHOULD BEGIN WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND LET THAT TRICKLE OUT TO THE CITIZENS. LIVING WITHIN YOUR MEANS IS GOOD ADVICE FOR GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESS, AND INDIVIDUALS. IF WE ALL START TO DO THAT; WE CAN BE ON THE ROAD TO STABILITY. DON'T JUST THROW MONEY TO THE "ECONOMIC GODS" IN HOPES OF THEM SMILING ON US. THAT'S WHAT GOT US INTO THIS FIX IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT DON'T TAKE REAL SMART PEOPLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. IT JUST TAKES LEADERSHIP GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT IS JUST LIKE RASING A CHILD AND NOT GIVING THEM ANY FINANCIAL TRAINING. AND THEN, WHEN THEY RUN INTO TROUBLE; GIVE THEM MORE MONEY SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO FACE THEIR PROBLEM AND ENABLING THEM TO CONTINUE IN THEIR MISGUIDED WAYS. SOCIETY NEEDS TO GROW UP AND FACE THE REAL WORLD AND ADAPT TO IT. DON'T BE SO MATERIALISTIC. IT DOES TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LIVE DECENTLY BUT DON'T LET GREED TAKE OVER AND JUST LET A FEW HAVE THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE AND ALL THE REST SUPPORT THEM. GET REAL AS THE YOUNG PEOPLE SAY.IF AT THE END, JUST A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE MONEY, THEN ADJUST THAT STRAIGHT OUT; DON'T COUNT ON HUMAN NATURE TO SPREAD WEALTH AROUND CAUSE IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, AND OF THE PEOPLE. LET'S START DOING IT THAT WAY. WE DON'T NEED THINK TANKS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IF A PERSON DOES GOOD HONEST WORK AND CREATES REAL VALUE IN SOCIETY THEN THEY SHOULD MAKE A LIVING WAGE AND HAVE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND SOME DAY BE ABLE TO RETIRE WITH AT LEAST THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET. I DON'T THINK THAT IS ASKING TOO MUCH OF A GOVERNMENT OR A SOCIETY. WE ALL CAN'T BE COMPUTER PROGRAMERS. SOME PEOPLE ARE BEST SUITED FOR JUST REGULAR WORK AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING WAGE DOING IT. DON'T HAVE MOST OF CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY WORKING FOR NEXT TO NOTHING OR INCARCERATED AND FEW RICH PEOPLE LIVING THE LIFE OF LUXERY. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS NOW AND IF IT CONTINUES WE WON'T LAST LONG. LOOK AT GREECE AND THE ROMANS. THEY WERE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS IN THEIR DAYS BUT THEY BECAME CORRUPT AND PAST FROM THE SCENE. WE NEED TO LEARN FORM HISTORY...