Economic Frown, Upside Down
Economy this, economy that. No matter where you are, lately there’s nothing good to be said about our current state of economy.
“Barrels of oil at an all time high”
“Grocery prices through the roof”
“Mortgage crisis”
“Credit crisis”
MY MOOD CRISIS!!
I listen to NPR constantly, I’m sure in the past I’ve expressed my hatred for music radio. Now I love NPR, I do really, but there have been a few times where I’ve had to turn the radio off. Why? Because its getting goddamn fucking depressing.
Story after story of how the Smith family can’t buy steaks any more, or how Tom lost his job, or how milk isn’t the same price as it was last year, and now oil is trading at $448 a barrel. I won’t deny that any of these things are happening, but there are some of us, lucky enough that we haven’t been hit by the economy, we’ve been hit by depression.
I’m a single tax payer, with a few expenses (rent, financing a car, insurance, etc etc) but I’ve never been better off financially. I have more savings than ever, I get better gas mileage than ever, and I’ll soon to be in great shape (future bicycle purchase in the works, and finally cooking at home). This ‘recession’, ‘depression’, ‘economic poop’, is doing wonders for me. I’ve turned this economic frown upside down.
I know I can’t be alone in this. So NPR, new agencies, newspapers, bloggers, whoever, where ever, tell me your positive turns to this economic slump we’re in. If we were to share more positive stories, it’d do everyone some good. If we keep sharing negative stories, then yes, there will be negative results, it hurts our morale, and only sends us further into the abyss.
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