Why can’t we all work together?
Why is it so difficult for us (as a country, as a community) to work together to get us through this recession (depression). Let’s see if I can clarify what I mean…
Basically you have millions of lower and middle class Americans just barely getting by, barely making ends meet, and due to lay offs and such, just barely being able to keep their house (or losing their house all together). Each of us have things that we need. Whether it is clothes for our children, or food, or other such things like blankets and other household items. Then, there are those of us who have these things laying around the house that we are not using. Instead of giving them away to someone who could use them, we donate them to places like the Salvation Army and Goodwill…now, don’t get me wrong, these are good causes, but what happens is that the poor people now have to go pay to get these things. Why not give them to someone?
Maybe my thinking is a tad idealistic, but I just wonder why we can’t help each other more in making it through these rough times and helping each other save money through our strengths. Whether it is helping someone with their finances, hosting a pot-luck type dinner to cut down on costs, maybe fixing something for someone who can’t afford to have it fixed (like their car or something, if you possess that talent), giving your clothes to someone who can use them, or to people with children younger than yours. If you have children who are 7 or 8, I’m sure you can remember how quickly children grow out of their clothes and how much clothes cost (even if you purchase them second hand or on sale).
By helping people with these things, we can help free up money for each other so that we may live a little better life. Have money for the rising (once again) gas prices, or other little things that make our life worth living.
idk. It was just a thought. I know I am not one of the more financially uneducated people of society that is living way beyond their means. My family of 4 lives off of $30,000 a year. But I guess for my family, the little things like getting hand-me-down clothes, or having a handy friend who can help save us a few bucks on a project or a car repair rather than paying a professional a substantial portion in labor would go a long way to help us.
I know for a fact that if you help someone that is financially irresponsible they will go out and buy something such as the newest cell phone.
What we need to do is educate.
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you are living in utopia!(look it up)
peace and happiness isn’t always reality.
there will ALWAYS be those who disagree.
the only thing we can do is lower taxes because this raises the motive to work harder, which in turn creates jobs.
poor people aren’t the ones that deserve ALL attention.
they are the ones who are lazy and usually don’t have descent jobs
Interesting thought process, but the problem goes much deeper. How does your plan help the middle class worker who has been laid off due the economic slowdown and cannot pay their mortgage? How does your plan help the thousands of businesses now losing money as the demand for their product has slowed or stopped? How does your plan avoid the need for hundreds of billions of dollars for all these bailouts? How does your plan help the millions out of work? By not buying new clothes, I’m guessing your plan might put more of them out of work. We as a nation have been living beyond our means for decades now. We maintained our lifestyle by assuming more debt and keeping the economy hotter than it could be maintained. And now we are paying the price. Bottom line, for the next couple of decades our standard of living will be less than what it has been. For the first time in our history, the next generation may be well less off than the previous one. It is incumbent upon us and our children to get a better education so we can be a more efficient country and obtain more of the higher paying jobs in the future. Being more altruistic with our old clothes or our food is not enough to cut it.
idk!!! sorry
We already do these things. Freecycle has people willing to give things they have to people who want them. When a child leaves home the family normally gives them furniture when they replace and household items that are excess even giving them housewarming parties with useful gifts. We give young adults gift cards to grocery stores and most families invite them home for frequent meals. Handing down clothing is pretty common too. Parent have spent years teaching the kids how to fix things and often come to help remodel first houses. We give young people cars and other things when they need them. After they are about 25 we expect them to stand on their own two feet.
When my nephew bought his first house I gave him a truck and boat and living room furniture and his grandma gave him dinning room furniture, his dad helped remodel. Now he is 39 he is helping his dad remodel his new house. Using the truck I gave him to haul stuff for him. His grandma is living with his dad now and if needed he will do stuff for her. We all painted the new house for them and helped everybody move.