The economy is fucked

[davidthegnome]

60. Agreed.

I work in this economy - and while I realize that not everyone is in my position, I can tell you that the work is hard and long, and the pay is not enough to survive by one's self. My parents, my friends, my whole family... everyone is working in this time of "economic recovery", but they are not recovering. I have noticed the stock market rising, which is good news for some people - for now, until it crashes again, until the same assholes that crashed the economy in the first place do it all over again, which is almost inevitable. Then we will once again be told why we have to bail them out, why they can't be held accountable, why they are too big and too important to fail.

As hard as I work... I'm not going to go for it this time. I'm keeping my assets, my money, in cash - and when I get even a whiff of a fucking crash, I'm taking it all out of the bank and hiding it under my damn mattress.

These rich assholes who have screwed - and are continuing to screw our economy... they do not deserve our money. Do not deserve it, do not need it. Let them suffer the same fate that we do when we screw up. Perhaps then they'll realize the point of progressive taxation, of a reliable social safety need, of decent housing, education, food and clothing for everyone. When those currently rich and in power become poor, perhaps we'll experience a great age of enlightenment.

All the politicians, CEOs, investment brokers, what have you... when they feel the bite of a struggling economy just as we do, I can almost swear that it will get better. Because we won't have those fuckers holding up progress anymore.