Some Great Words From Dave Ramsey

Dave Ramsey is the man. Here is a great article from his blog. Original Post can be found on his website, healthy discussion in the comments.

"Question: Dave talks about something that he finds very disturbing. It has to do with people's attitudes toward Washington, and what they think will come out of there.

Dave Ramsey's advice: By and large, 70% to 90% of you wanted something to be done to calm the economy, but you didn't want $700 billion in new debt to bail out Wall Street. The stock market has had record declines since then. What's going on?

You need to remember that you need to take control of your life. It's disturbing that people in government totally disregard what the people tell them to do. It's disturbing that the market goes down and the media panics about this. It's disturbing that greedy banks made loans to people who couldn't afford to repay, and people signed up for the trip when they couldn't afford it. It's disturbing that Washington ignores its constituents and takes huge strides toward socialism.

All of these things are disturbing, but none will cause this great nation to cease to function. They are not the beginning of the end. But the most disturbing thing is some people's reactions. Don't react based on fear or panic. Another negative reaction is that you are looking to Washington to fix your problems. They have never fixed your problems, and you want Obama or McCain to fix things. There has never been a president who can fix your problems. They always say they can and they never can.

YOU are in charge of your destiny. YOU are in charge of your life. When you look to Washington to solve your problems, we've got the seeds to destroy this country. It's time for you to change your life. It's not Washington's job to fix what's going on with you. If you are waiting on Washington to change something, you've got a very long wait! It is YOUR job to take care of you. Don't sit around and watch TV and panic and think you can't do anything. I've made and lost money, and every bit of that had to do with me being smart and diligent or stupid.
Quit blaming Congress or looking to them to fix you. YOU have to fix you! When you wait on the government to fix your life and wait for money to be taken from others and given to you, that's a spirit of envy. The only system that works is capitalism functioning under moral restraint. Go be somebody!" 
 

Tags: Bail Out, America, Obama, McCain, Dave Ramsey

posted at 10/6/2008 Open this article in a new window. 0 Comments


For the Motherland, America!!!

For Liberty!
Seriously.... What's going on with this country? Before I go off in a rant, I'm a young man of 23. I don't really follow politics until the last few months before an election, like any other American. I have been trying to do my homework lately, like any other American and I still feel like my brain hasn't quite wrapped itself around exactly what is at hand. I suppose this is why we elect voices like our own into positions, to be our voices, from city politics up to national and international. I have only had the oppourtunity to vote once in my lifetime.

With that being said, I'm particularily concerned about the current "Relief" our Government has passed. From my understanding, AIG, the big-dog investor group, made a mistake and is now in deep pucky. So us, the free citizens of the United States of America, are supposed to pick up the tab? What's this all about? Why is our Government stepping in to mop up the mess of a corporation? It boggles my mind. So far, from whom I have talked to on both Democratic and Republican stances, Liberal and Conservative, have expressed deep concern with the current bill that has passed. Maybe I am working with a very small demographic, but this doesn't seem right.

The tax payers of America are concerned, yet the big guys in the house are alright and voting this in? Obama and McCain both voted in favor of this $800+ billion dollar bail out. From what I understand, there was some fluke in the market that caused AIG to become financially stagnant, very likely by their own doing. It should not be the Government's concern to bail them out.

Currently, in my eyes, this mass spread of debt over the American population, where every non working individual has to pay ~$3500 in and every working individual has to pay ~$4500 in leads me to believe that we are diving further and further into a socialist state. As a free man, this makes me extremely upset that we are to pay for a corporations wrong-doings and more worried than ever that the American's liberty is slowly being stripped away.

As I stated, I'm pretty new in this political game. I will very gladly take any input you may have. Until then, welcome to the new America, Comrade. 

Tags: Politics, Life, Obama, McCain, Bailout

posted at 10/3/2008 Open this article in a new window. 0 Comments


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