On the failed housing bill.....

When I got up this morning I read an artical about how the House wouldn't pass the housing bill, and then the stock market took a nearly 7% dive.
I was reading along sort of detached until I read this in the artical:

~Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., offered a typical sentiment. "I cannot with good conscience put Nevada's taxpayers on the hook for the foolish excesses of Wall Street," he said. "Congress should pass legislation that protects the taxpayer, assists with bad assets and allows the market to correct itself."~




I identify with that statement...and after reading it, I became rather annoyed with what's going on.

I personally have nothing to do with the economy being weak that I can think of. Why should I have to pay for the mistake of Wall Street, the government, or who ever else was irresponisble the the countries financial resources?

I will readily admit I don't know much about the countries finances, and maybe if I did I'd be all for the bailout....but you know what this feels like? Doing group work in a class where I was the one getting stuck doing all the work. And it's not just me....all you other tax payers are getting stuck doing all the work too.

I'm done with that topic....here's another:

The power of thought and the media:

In many New Age/Metaphysical paths, one can cause changes to occur through the power of thought. This can be in the form of spells, positive thinking, even prayers- they all have the same root.
What do you see on the news most of the time? Something bad, and that something bad is usually sensationalized.
I have stopped watching the news, but lets say you, like many other Americans, watch it everyday. Everday in recent weeks, you hear about the stock market and how unstable the economy is. If that's all you hear, perhaps you start to believe, and then to worry. If most people in this nation believe that the stock market/economy will crash, then, through the power of thought, it probably will.
Lets talk about action for a second...action follows thought- if you think something bad will happen, you will probably prepare for the worst. Kind of like preparing for a hurricane coming close to where you live. I'm thinking it kind of works the same with a slow economy that is predicted to get worse.

That being said, what if we all started thinking the stock market/economy will rebound? Action follows thought, so maybe we all start doing little things that help the economy. Maybe all those little things add up to big things and the change begins to happen.

I think I'm done venting in a rambling fashion....everything I said was based on opinion and things I have read.