The Economy

Ok we have a new president and this is a new year. But we are still struggling as a country to buy food, keep our cars filled with gas, and keep a roof over our heads. My husband and I are struggling to do all of that. Currently he is the only one working so I can stay home with our son that is a toddler, because of the outrageous price of day care and the fact that they are all full. But because for some reason our apartment complex is still raising our rent every year, I am now going to have to go back to work. He is going to have to miss out on any possible over time at his job so I can go work for minimum wage, which is half of what he makes, just so we can keep food in our son's belly. I am wondering how it will work with one car and our hours possibly overlapping. But like all other families we will have to make it work. Its really sad though that now days the only way a person can stay at home with their child(ren) is if they are born in or marry into a rich family.

If I knew this was going to happen I would have kept my old job, that I hated and was stressed at all the time. But I would not have to worry about having enough food or even about where we are going to live. But I think in apartment complexes they should not be able to raise your rent every year. Especially not $20 every year or every time you renew your lease. I think they should bring it down if you stay for more than 3 years or so, and actually my husband has been in the same complex for almost 10 years now. Granted not all in the same apartment, but that shouldn't matter. It should be that they start knocking off $20 maybe every 2 years. To me that would be more of an incentive to stay here. But they say that this is the best complex in the county, and honestly if that is so, its a very sad, sad thing. But that is another blog entirely....

But my point about the economy is that there should be more force to come down on the people that don't pay their taxes. And for all the musicians, actors, wall street fat cats, and everyone else that makes over $1,000 a day should all have to start spending money on other people. Like you see the commercials for the starving children in Africa and the companies that are endorsed by famous people want us hard working, broker than a joke, also hungry people to give our money to these kids that we know nothing about. But my suggestion is why don't they start giving some of their millions and millions of dollars to these people. And the people that are affected by natural disasters that are trying to get help from FEMA get something, but I don't think that is nearly enough. But if some of these richer than rich brand name people would start donating their "hard earned" cash, they would all be able to help our economy emensly. But that is just my opinion.