In a recent article written by one of my classmates (http://americanperceptions.blogspot.com/), the topic of our country’s economy, mainly because of this war, is addressed. I honestly couldn’t agree with her more on the issues she addresses.
Inflammation is inevitable and our budgets just aren’t meeting the requirements. We have to cut out activities in our lives that we enjoy doing because we can’t afford gas prices. I bought a new car in August and then it cost $30 to fill; just since then it has gone up to $40 to fill. It’s not just gas prices going up, either. It’s food, clothes, basically anything you can think of. The stimulus checks that SOME people (some people aren’t even receiving anything) are getting here soon are probably going to go towards bills or debts, not going out to spend money to stimulate our economy.
The cost of the war, $3 trillion dollars, is so incredibly ridiculous; it’s almost hard to believe. Our country will be trying to pay all this money back for a very long time, which doesn’t make prices on anything look like they’ll be going down anytime soon. The bottom line is that we need to get a change in the presidential office soon and end this war before our debt and prices rise any higher than they already are.
Friday, May 9, 2008
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