Hey 240.
Cool, your words resound, I appresiate them.
My 'awesome' professor job ain't so awesome.
the kids are so bad I bring a cell phone jammer into class so they can't disrupt me(yes...a cell phone jammer...friend goit for me in Europe...it's GREAT!)
It's only part time...down the street from my practice.
I do my own pension. I know it is always subject to rick.
But if I always think in terms of gloom and doom (whether badness is coming or not) why would I even bother to get out of bed anymore?
The badness you describe just makes me work harder to counteract in positive fashion.
Rose colored glasses? Maybe..
But it makes for a great and productive life.
Squad...how'd I look in my pics....I know, I know...not too big....
I'm not a pessimist. I actually believe the party system is cyclical. Dems fix the DOMESTIC situation (Clinton creating the surplus) and Repubs hook us up with FOREIGn advantages. Poor prosper under dems, rich prosper under repubs.
Regardless of your own "I am set financially position", realize that if things do go in that direction, you will have 260 millino Americans who are NOT set financially who might come knocking on your door for a handout. Or, might stick a gun in your face for your car keys. Realize that a $ collapse here would mean hundreds of millions of hungry desperate people destorying how nice you have things. Your pension might still be there partially, but your ability spend the $ might not.
Yes, that's the 'doomsdayers' viewpoint, and it'll likely never happen. But, many leaders (repubs!) are now admitting we're in the worst shape since WWII. And after the housing/credit crash, more sectors will fall due to the ripple effect. I'm not a 'the sky is falling' guy... I'm just pointing out that many in the world believe the dollar is in trouble, and if it does fall, you'll be up shit creek with everyone else, no matter how much $ you have.