I’ve been studying The Great Depression, and, while I’m no historian, I do think that American leadership has had the opportunity to learn from the past in order to avoid the mistakes that led the US and global economies from a state of recession to a state of depression. I’ve been wrong before, though.
The question I have is this: with all the 24/7 news media outlets constantly banging the drum, what is to prevent the panic we saw in the 20s and 30s? What is going to prevent a rush to the banks or efforts of mass liquidation of assets? Is it military? Is it more rules that no one seems to be able to remember, much less enforce? I don’t know. I guess I have more questions than answers.
What I do know is that Americans, as a nation, are an intelligent lot. We can figure this out. I believe that there will continue to be cutbacks, but I believe that is true because many companies don’t run according to good business practices of hiring and payroll. I believe that the American family can stay together through these rough spots, even if it means giving up some creature comforts along the way and spending more time together than pursuing playtime and personal hobbies.
A $150 million innauguration party doesn’t help matters (nearly twice the amount spent by the previous administration), but it does point to the fact that government must make realistic cutbacks. In my house, when the money is not there or not going to be there, we make sacrifices. We prioritize. We don’t spend more. And we don’t make promises we know we cannot keep. We are realists.
I would hope that my fellow Americans at every level of social and political strata would do the same. We will all be better for it. We mustn’t lose our heads or sacrifice what little virtue remains in this land for the sake of pride, greed, and a lack of faith. If we are wise, we can make it, and come out on the other end victorious.
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