Today I Am Angry

I am angry because not being savvy in economic ways, I could see the mortgage/housing crisis coming over the last three years. At least.

I am angry because those with those with the knowledge of economics, LOTS of knowledge, and the power to do something waited until the timbers were on fire and falling about our heads to start a process of any sort.

I am angry with a president that has used up all his credibility, and when he tells me ‘Congress must act now! Or else!’, I think…uh…wait a minute…really? WMD, anyone?

I am angry with members of congress who are responding to re-election pressures rather than thinking for themselves.

I am angry with people who were put in a position, by themselves and by others, to owe more monthly on a house than they could pay.

I am angry that my health insurance took a leap in cost and in deductible this past year (of which I am having to use), and that my employment is iffy, and my retirement took a hit the last two weeks, and I am not one that overextended myself with a bum mortgage or credit cards.

I am angry with the press for the drama/panic that makes the current crisis better news. (And I am grateful for our free press so we know what is going on.)

This is a situation that will affect us all, of that I am sure.
I don’t know the answer.
I think something may have been done earlier, but I am not an economic guru, and I don’t know what that might have been.
That is history. This is now.
It is a global problem, and we are all in this together.

Yep. Today I am angry.