You and Me

We are one nation, this world today. It is no more evident then in the financial crisis that has hit almost every country across the globe. There was talk about this years ago in the States, but you see it now. We are all just fractious states in the same massive country we call Earth. Some of the states bind together to try and face some of the major problems we face such as global debt, environmental issues, and the governing developing states.

The United Nations is like their Senate, but without too much real power. The only power the United nations has is to bring together the states in discussion that will hopefully lead to action by some or all of the states. They police their own when one of the members acts out, such as the Georgia-Russia incident that is hopefully now calming. I say that only for the innocent involved, the citizens who put up with the governments of their respective states in that region. When governments fight it is usually the citizens not involved who pay the price with their lives.

If we are not to this point of one nation under the United Nations, then we will soon be there. We argue that we have our national pride, but that nationalism is what usually gets us in trouble. It is a tool used by those in power to steer the masses in whatevr direction they choose. Maybe it is better to say that the world is made up of various country-states within the the same massive nation. We have our borders and our own laws particular to whatever state we live in, but there is a higher power that dictates to us what we can and cannot do. For awhile America was above this, but with all the interconnectivity that is revealed with present financial crisis it is evident that America is reliant on other countries as much as they are reliant on America.

Where do we go from here? Yesterday I obtained a loan for a newer car, so there is still some credit to be had out there. Is this financial crisis a smoke screen to scare and control the people of the world? You can ask most people and they will say the 'buyout' of the banks was not needed, but this correction of financial loaning practices has been needed for a long time. Lending institutions were loaning out money to people who could not afford the payments, knowing full well that they would later foreclose on the property and not have lost any money on the deal. The people who suffer are the people overextending themselves with loans they never should have taken just to try and better their lives, to have a better house, a better car. That is not bettering yourself, and whomever sold these people on this dream should be locked up. That would be the government and the media, telling them that they can do anything they want, that they can live the American dream. Well they can, but it is one thing to tell someone they can do something, and a whole different thing to actually help them achieve that dream or atleast show them how to properly do it.

It takes hard work, not buying on credit. Hard work is the cornerstone of the immigrants who come to America, whether now or 200 years ago. They have always had it the roughest because they arrive here without much to their name and have to work twice as hard to get what they need, what they want. There is all this political discussion about immigration into America. we should be thankful we actually have people here who want to work. From the time I was a young boy I was taught the importance of hard work for low pay. Presently I have slightly higher pay, but I work real hard for it. Have too many people in the world forgotten the value of hard work, or have they just taken on more debt than they should have? Have we as a society placed too much emphasis on outward appearances, instead of focusing on the core of an individual? We need to be smart with our hard earned wages. I can say this because I fight with myself to save money. It is not easy in this world where we want more than we can afford.

We are one nation, this world today. Together we rise, divided we fall.

I did not mean to write so philosophical. It just came out. Usually I am just a laid back kind of guy. Guess people being laid back might have contributed to this financial mess we are currently fighting. Do we trust our lending institutions and world leaders to get us through this? I have my reservations about trusting them. What can we do though? Guess we either trust them or elect people we can trust. Maybe more discretion on who we borrow money from is warranted as well. Have a good day.


Nate