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The Big D Word

July 10th, 2008 5:25 PM

Is it not now true, not since the Great Depression have there been so many aspects of the national economy heading in the wrong direction, at one time? Lead by the crash of the housing market and spurred on by runaway fast rising oil prices and thus gasoline costs and the attendant fast rising costs of everything else deliverable, we have surely gone well beyond Recession and are teetering on economic disaster. Yet still our top leadership hints it wants us to expand our wars in the middle east in a vein attempt to control the oil fields of the world, the sources of black gold that have been raped already by the excesses of civilization and about to be massacred further by the needs of burgeoning third world and emerging world giant economies, without the so-called "restraints" of current leading countries. And from this debacle, a surprising few sit on their billions in profits while the majority are hurting, or are about to be slammed into a wall of debt and homelessness or worse, may die. Now is the time to be actively contacting your government representatives from the lowest to the highest level. Now is the time for your representatives to realize they are leading us into a calamity, the likes of which we haven’t seen for many decades. Now is the time to make the voice of the people count, as it once did, in the formation of this great Republic. It certainly is not the time to be sitting back, letting the “other guy or gal” take care of things. Every able bodied citizen needs to take up the cause and inform these current representatives and those seeking office, indicating in no uncertain terms, “We are tired of the lack of leadership, the pork barrel politics, the governing self absorption and criminal back-scratching and money grabbing among the corporate “elite” and those in their pockets. If enough people made their needs clear, with the sheer numbers, there would have to be action taken, before we sink into the quicksand that has the dreaded name – Depression. (Economic not mental, though a Depression causes mental depression on most fronts).

Simply put: If the price of gas hasn’t made you sit up and cry out, what will happen when home values drop another 25%, many thousands more are laid off, gasoline rises to $6 or more a gallon and even a full loaf of bread, a pound of rice, a dozen eggs and a gallon of milk, an ordinary cup of coffee and simple over the counter aspirin will be too expensive for the majority to retain as a normal household or lifestyle staple staple. An exaggeration? Do nothing, and just wait and see. Maybe this is an oversimplification, but it may come sadly true – much faster than you can imagine. So what are you sitting there reading this for? Speak Up and Speak Out. Get hold of your local city, county, State and National area representatives – and make your needs, wants and expectations abundantly clear, and do it today. It is part of the rights and privileges of citizenry. You need look no further than the Desert Sun for the names of and how to reach your representatives.

Barry Noble Appraiser/Broker Palm Springs www.mypropertyisworth.com

Posted by Barry Noble on July 10th, 2008 5:25 PMPost a Comment (0)

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