The headlines have told us about how the financial crisis is over and the economy is on the mend. The headlines lie, at least in California. This week we learned of two different friends that have family members being moved to the unemployed column. Someone once said a recession is what hurts other people and a depression is what hurts you. We are getting ever closer to a depression.
Where do we go from here? We need to make adjustments to entitlements. We need to do something with Social Security and Medicare. I say that as one who is approaching retirement. Ideas are being presented if we can just keep the political classes and the chattering heads from demonizing everyone who wants to discuss the issues.
Perhaps we need to adjust our sense of entitlement as much as the entitlements themselves. We need to get over our expectations from the Government and expect things from our God. Accept responsibility and duty. I do not suggest lower standards but changing where we expect them to come from. Remember the words of John F. Kennedy, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country.” It is time to live that advice.
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