Rock-bottom

It's amazing how money affects the way we think, act, and feel. We are capable of receiving convenience -- stuff and services so that we are no longer self-reliant or capable of surviving without it because we are not taught how. If the world economy, however unlikely, were to crash, the Third World would become the super-powers of the world, while westerners struggle for survival -- so much education, intellectualization, convenience, but no survival skills.

I can scarce remember writing my school papers by hand or on the old electric typewriter my parents owned. What would this age do without their handy computers or their XBoxes or their Playstation 2s or their cell phones? What would I do without these things? Personally, the thought is foreign to me, which strikes a tune of fear, while the adaptable aspect of my personality ponders the challenge. Perhaps if I were involved in the Boyscouts of America...

Looking for a job: Looking and not finding is obviously frustrating, but getting caught in a web of debt due to credit cards and unforeseen circumstances exponentially amplifies the stress. The America economic motto should read: "spend money, whether or not it is yours, until you owe a debt that can never be paid off in your life time." But not to worry. When a person dies much of his school debt is waived. Thank goodness. It's nice to know that when I die I won't have to make post mortem payments. So take that school loans. If I threaten suicide perhaps they'll give me a life-long extension...

Just threaten not to spend money and watch the concern and horror of the market.

Can we go one day without spending a dime? Not really. Electricity is running, gas is being used, TV is being watched, the list goes on.

If I were to make a petition of people that wouldn't spend money for one day and received a million signatures, the economic result would probably be catastrophic -- people losing jobs, more pushy sales people, mini stock market hiccup. Just one day of not spending money would completely offset our economy which would probably take a decade or so to mend. In fact, it would probably offset the economy even worse than 9/11. What an idea. It's no wonder everyone likes spending money and buying things -- the culture gears us to enjoy it by creating all sorts of crap we really don't need, but they convince us that we need it. Who's the sucker now? Suckered in by the economic deep play that is convenience and materialism.