Nikki asked:


I think many spend their lives buying what they don’t need. For immediate personal gratification, egged on by advertising and society. Yes, it drives our economy, but is that a good life? I’ve had months, years, go by when I buy only food pay utilities. My car lasted 15 years. My stereo is 30 years old. I’ve got three TVs in the garage, friends giving my TVs, PCs, VCRs, DVD players more. I get books, music movies from the library…

So what can people do? Can they exist without shopping? Will there be enough work without buying a new computer every year? Could people start to find satisfaction in their lives by other, more meaningful ways? Spend more time with family friends? Reading? Solving problems? Discovering their purpose?

Thoughts?

Eric C asked:


do you get caught in this economic crisis? if you do, how bad is it?
what is going to happen you think?
i lost my job - indirectly because of the down turn, i have a house payment, fortunately it is a fix 30 year loan, now living on the saving, i am getting by, donno how long i can last. the job market looks bleak. not sure how we gonna get out of this one…

K-Lawn asked:


I have heard a lot of finger poking but no good reason. The war on terror is on borrowed money from China so that isn’t the reason. aI always thought that the economy downturn was caused by the housing crisis. Anyways, why do people blame Bush. Isn’t this just part of the business cycle.
Still no reason yet. There are a lot of comments saying what happend after the economy tanked. My question is Why is George W. Bush blamed for the crappy economy

It tanked when the Democrats took control