Changing direction

I have hit social security age and so have decided that I am now old enough to say what I want. Let’s start with the basics. Like most American’s, I am fed up with the state of the economy and the way that it is handled.

American’s are not commodities. We are real people with needs, wants, and desires. We want what everyone keeps promising. A job would be nice. Medical insurance would be nice. The news is full of talk about American’s not spending money. If I had money, I would spend it. My husband has a part-time job and doesn’t make a lot of money. Unfortunately, we spent every penny of my retirement on the adoption of our grandson and living expenses for the last four years of unemployment. I like to tell people I am retired but honestly, there are just no jobs in our area.

There are major fallacies in the rhetoric that is spewed out in the news and from our elected officials.  American’s would work if there were jobs. Many of the jobs in our area go to non-Americans because they speak the new unofficial language in California. Those who are fluent in English but don’t speak Spanish are not considered for many positions. Do you know how irritating it is to call a business or a professional service to be greeted in Spanish? One of the hardest things to find is a doctor in our area whose first language is English. It is difficult to deal with the language barrier.