Saturday I was talking to an old friend and economics professor from my college in Maryland. After wishing him a happy birthday, we talked about this nations condition. I asked what his biggest gripe was and he told me this administration doesn't understand that manipulations by centralized government cannot help our economy.

He asked me. I told him that I thought we had too much focus on people and places that don't concern us. We should be worried about what's going on here at home and stop playing nurse-maid to countries around the world.

By the way, he's a Democrat.

What's your view on it Mingle?

data mine much?

ok, I'll bite, what was "data mined"

I agree. We are not a babysitter for the rest of the world.

Right now I'm just struggling trying to find another job without worrying about what the economy is doing cause even when other presidents have been in office I've found it's hard to get a decent job above minimum wage when you're without a higher education and you're a single parent

I believe it is up to individual governments that make the nation to help kick the economy in the butt. Encouraging business large and small with advantages to be in there city. This has worked in the past. But sadly it has hurt as well. Northern business went to the sunbelt for cheaper labor. Leaving behind workforces out of work. In such areas as steel workers and car industry. In stead of advancing positive they adorned the mills and plants for more modern factories and off shore areas. The Federal government has done little to make them stay.( Exception here is car manufacturing) It is up to the towns and states to allow them to expand in and increase production in each area. Many companies have done this. Campbell soup is one. While it closed down one factory it increased production in other states cutting costs as well, to keep a production up and costs down. The loss of a few for the sake of all was done. My city is trying to revitalize the area of the old steel shops with retail and hope jobs will follow. But the unemployment is so high here I don't see much hope for any one but the construction crews. We do need to stay focused on individual states and cities and hope all will work out well. Retail work is up in sales down in help and will never change that. Gone are the days of a sales clerk helping you and only you. These workers are underpaid and worked so thin they are lucky to have a job. Gone are life time workers. Retail needs to reinvest in workers and sell American supported products. Quality vs quantities Sears did it once. I wonder how many American workers would buy American made products this year. Or even products that support American beliefs. If you can find any in our retail shops. Gee I had a flash back of Cuba circa the 70's Store with nothing to sell. God save us.

Well...maybe spending over a trillion dollars on war has something to do with this mess.

Yep and borrowing money from countries to help other countries.People ask why the government can't print more money?It's simple the government is affraid the money will end up in the hands of people they don't want to have it...The American People.

Or maybe obamas failed stimulus that cost over 800 billion that was entirely borrowed..

That actually cost more than the Iraq and Afghan wars combined when it passed in 2009.

Yeah, that must be it.

720 million dollars spent each day on war..no biggie.

A profound revelation.

If we had a balanced budget and no debt, we would be in good financial order.

Congress is the problem, not the solution.

The TOTAL cost of the Iraq war still hasn't passed the cost of Obamas stimulus..

http://costofwar.com/en/