Someone Who Gets It Would Please Stand Up<\/a>. Unfortunately, collectively no one stood up and today the American worker and investor is taking it on the chin again. Frankly, I have had enough.<\/p>\nSenator Marco Rubio (R-FL), recently spoke on the senate floor to point out what the issue is. What I saw and heard was a question from former presidential candidate John Kerry (D-MA) that simply challenged Rubio’s suggestion that the debt situation has not been take seriously. What the senator, and no other senator I heard, did not challenge was that the U.S. spends $300,000,000,000 per month ($300 billion). He went on to say that the U.S. revenue intake is $180,000,000,000 per month ($180 billion). The U.S. then borrows $120,000,000,000 per month (120 BILLION) each month. As a federal government, we BORROW around 40% each month to meet our bills. UNBELIEVABLE!<\/p>\n
I work with people and their finances who are much more financially savvy than those we have elected to represent us. THEY DO NOT GET IT in Congress.<\/p>\n
For two years now your government has function on NO BUDGET! How do they no what we are to spend?<\/p>\n
Today at the barbershop my barber and I watched video of London burning. This video was in between reports that the stock market crashed today. We both wondered about those riots in London and asked each other – is that what it is going to take here to make the financial changes we need to make in this country? It should not, be but what will it take?<\/p>\n
I have seriously had enough. What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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