Monday, April 27, 2020

Emergence

  As each one of us emerges from the exile of our own private bunkers, it should be very interesting to see how we fared singly as well as corporately. Who will come out into the outside world, as a better you, a you who appreciates what we have already gone through, and looks forward to making our world a better one. Has our isolation made us a better person, or do we emerge more selfish than ever? Being retired, I'm used to being alone, and you would think, all the more adjusted than the rest. The only change I've noticed in myself is possibly I got lazier, and stopped writing as much. So far, I would say, So far so good, whatever that means? We have much to be proud of, as we have come through the first wave of this two pronged attack sane, together, and with as little death as possible, especially because the communist Chinese government lied and tried to cover the disease up. Had they acted as good global citizens and came clean immediately, thousands of lives could have been saved. 

  But now we enter the second and quite probably the more deadly of this two pronged attack. How do we pay for the billions spent and yet to be spent, that undoubtedly saved so many lives. Again, if we except the importance of getting our economy up and running quickly with the same mature attitude which we used to get the health of the populace under control, we will beat that too. The key, as was with the medical aspect of this threat, we must be willing to give up some comforts, keeping always in mind that together as one people, we can not only get back what was lost, but have our economy be even better than it was before this scourge came on us seemingly out of nowhere.. 

  I believe that now that we have had this respite of a kind, and the extreme act of shutting down the greatest economic engine shut down, that we can bring it back in reasonable stages, not just content to get back to some sort of reality, but that this be a new and improved economy and be better than ever. What I'm trying to say is that if we heed well the lessons learned medically, follow the experts. But also, to change those aspects of the old economy which made life and business harder for most, and impossible for some. At the risk of suggesting something that couldn't work and sounding foolish. I would love to see the banking industry more accessible to more small businesses and upstarts. As a small builder, I would love to see the old saving and loan banks return. That is just one idea, but the over all plan is to return to simpler times, when you didn't need a team of lawyers and engineers to get a minor subdivision approved. In short, to have our fast paced, rule and legislation bound way of doing business turn to simpler ways. In my mind, simpler is better, and we can rebuild our new powerhouse economy from the ground up. What better foundation than our people united as one, a people who see the wisdom in success breeding success, and knowing that raising water makes all boats rise. 

Be smart America, be smart and let no politician divide us so that we are so easily controlled. Let no one divide us, and keep in mind always that this is our country, OURS, we the people. 

There are already those who look to use this extraordinary crises for their own selfish gain. If we are to make it all the way back and better, we must rid ourselves of the politicians such as these in November. If your not part of the solution, your part of the problem.     

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