Depression Number Two?

Depression, the word alone can make you feel depressed. As we all know the economy is in a very low state right now. Newspaper articles are saying that the economy is at the lowest state that it has ever been in. Not only is America in bad shape, many Americans feel that we are in bad shape and don’t have faith in our economy. A CNN news paper article stated that the lack of confidence from consumers and companies alike may hamper job growth during the next few months. Holiday’s are the economic boosters of America and with lack of confidence from a large number of consumers, will hurt the economy this year more than ever. Reporters are saying this the national GDP will not be as good as in the past due to many American’s cutting back on their consumption. This brings up the question, what can the government do to help stimulate the economy? Government has done quite a bit to try to get America’s to shop and consume more by lowering stock and making the money market as open as it can be in this economic state, but with the unemployment rate higher than the national unemployment reporters says we should “raise the red flag” as a state of caution being that this could bring the economy to its lowest point. In all the government is needed in job stimulation, if the American people could see jobs opening up there would be more room for improvement. Also this would encourage consumers to buy and send more, putting money back into flow in the economy.

My Two Cents

The war in Afghanistan and Iraq is something that we all question and is something that the nation is greatly concerned about. But not only is it something the “we the people” are concerned about but our national Government and the President see this as a great challenge in there caresses. The most in portent key in making the right chose is to not only make a good decision in pleasing those who have loved ones in the army, but to make a good decision for us as a country. In a since this decision could make or break us, it could take a turn for the good, but yet at the same time it could take a turn for the wore, begin that we lose more soldiers and have our death toll reach an all time high in this eight year war. This was disused very well on a classmates blog by the name of U.S Government, they talked about all the key elements that make this war on terror such a big issues. Covering in good detail the facts about the death toll that could raise or be lowered by sending more troops over to Afghanistan and Iraq. I also like the fact that U.S Government put that thought on many readers minds that by sending more troops over to the war would make us more prone to be a larger target, and that is fact that I feel is greatly over looked. Keeping the troops best interest in this huge decision was not the only concern of U.S Government, they also looked at the situation in an economic way as well, stating the fact that it would cost the U.S more money to send more troops over. I total agree with the blog that was posted on U.S Government’s page, I feel that this is a war that has been drawn out passed it’s time and it is time for the U.S to make a decision based on the greater good of our nation.