Hard to swallow the realities.

My topic here is that most Americans have living in denial regarding the realities that they are facing in terms of housing crisis, their retirement and the future of this country without facing hard and painful choices. Right now we are able to influence policies around the world due to our economic might but it may not be that long that we would find it hard to do it due to our massive debt, our unilateral wars and our shrinking manufacturing base. Due to this economy, we have started to become more selective in hiring people and that has started to exclude our most experienced people of age 50 and above.

Our retirement funds have been decimated due to this recession and we are being forced to work till we die. There are always dire predictions that the entitlements that we enjoy right now like social security, Medicare and Medicaid would be very hard to fund since we are not generating enough revenue inside our country and we have to borrow in order to fund our daily spending. Will this going to last longer as nobody can lend us without asking huge interest rates in return. Can’t we just face the truth and see that we are in deep trouble and the politician or the people in power have failed to show us the stark choices we will face in the future. We can still take charge of our destiny if we can elect straight in your face politicians rather than the ones who avoid or roll down the realities down the road due to votes. Even if you call yourself American, does it mean that you are a patriot if you are not going to tell people that this is what it is and we have to tackle are problems? Parents do that all the time and besides loving there comes a time when you have to put your foot down and show the right direction. If only we can face the realities of the new world and align our priorities with it.