tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981381083323491763.post4516112498535964945..comments2023-11-02T07:08:38.049-05:00Comments on Frippery Farm: The EconomyLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04083153173061255844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981381083323491763.post-86881330334743989062011-08-11T13:59:11.054-05:002011-08-11T13:59:11.054-05:00I am just getting s-o-o-o-o-o frustrated at seeing...I am just getting s-o-o-o-o-o frustrated at seeing everything on the news and online...the economy, the drought, etc., and then seeing people being interviewed that *just don't get it*. I saw one woman interviewed about the economy on some news channel...*person in the street* type interview. The woman was bewailing how she couldn't afford anything anymore...no eating out, no nights out with the girls or going to plays, etc. She is going to have to hold out yet longer to afford a new car, she had to downsize her vacation plans..all that.<br />I seriously sat there and said to myself "Lady, you are going to starve to death." I mean, if she can't handle things now...what is she going to do in the middle of winter when the power goes out? When she runs out of food? <br />I see people like that every day...and it worries me. I am afraid the preppers and homesteaders are going to be the *haves* in the future and all those upscale suburbanites with theirs SUVs and latest electronics will be the *have nots*.<br />I wonder what will happen then....Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083153173061255844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981381083323491763.post-78686363596149587272011-08-11T12:44:04.836-05:002011-08-11T12:44:04.836-05:00Good post with some find advice. Well done.Good post with some find advice. Well done.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981381083323491763.post-41877795717294415712011-08-11T10:49:41.941-05:002011-08-11T10:49:41.941-05:00Hugh? Did you say something? I'm sorry, I ha...Hugh? Did you say something? I'm sorry, I had my ipod plugged into my ear while watching Dancing with the Stars.<br /><br />Sorry, trying to be funny. But it's STILL true! My MIL just this weekend asked DH if he thought she should get her money out of the stock market. WHAT? You're just NOW "considering" it? Nobody wants to face the truth. They all thought we were nuts when we got out of stocks & cashed in our 401k's several years ago. And they STILL don't see it (and not just the family).<br /><br />Only until that SS or welfare check stops coming in the mail will they get it. Even though those same checks are buying less & less every month, it still doesn't click with some people.<br /><br />I am sorry to say that I have lost hope. I'm not an overly optimistic kind of person anyhow (I like to call myself a Realist) but until the people who work stand up to the people who don't, we are in a lot of trouble.<br /><br />Sorry for the rant. Go plant some more veggies! :)Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.com