October 28, 2012
Pessimism
I guess I'm just a pessimist. I don't
see a rosy future for our country and our people. Our high school
students know less and less and seem to be proud of that. I've
lectured in a university near here and I can testify that the
freshmen/sophomores are often woefully unprepared for university
studies, at least so I believe. The present recession promises to
hang on for at least another four years - not surprising since the
Great Depression did not end in the U.S.A. until 1942. And like the
aftermath of the Great Depression, our economy is changing, in what
direction I know not, but it is re-aligning, reacting to the new
pressures of a global economy. All this means that unemployment will
remain at historic highs with the concomitant decrease in tax
revenues, which means even less money for schools, roads, sewers and
other infrastructure.
Yes, the future does not seem
rosy.
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