A pretty sh*tty week

I've made plenty of mistakes in my life, but it's amazing the number of people that won't take responsibility when they do. They don't seem to care if someone else suffers for their bad decisions, only that THEY don't. This is exactly why the economy is in the crapper. You can blame the politicians, the banks...whoever you want, but the bottom line is that people want to be able to be careless and stupid, but not have to be punished for it.

A friend of mine wants to blame the Republicans for the economic recession. That's fine if it makes you feel better. Putting a Democrat in office isn't going to stop people from being dumb. He told me that people aren't responsible enough to not have the government regulate mortgages and lending. He thinks that people aren't responsible enough to determine how to invest their retirement savings. Why live in a democracy then???? Just move to a communist country where they will be glad to make all your decisions for you and leave you in poverty. Nice alternative, huh?

You won't have to worry about whether you should have taken mortgage option A or B...you just won't OWN anything. You won't have to worry about your retirement savings....there won't be any. You won't be able to make decisions about where your child gets their education, where you want your medical care, what you want to watch on TV or what car to drive. You'll have most of the decisions made for you or you'll be too poor to even have an option.

You can put whoever you want in office, but until the general public starts taking responsibility for their own actions, nothing is going to change.