[robert]

Recently I’ve been hearing more and more about how weak the economy is and been hearing politicians from all parties say that we need an economy that works for everyone. What does that mean? Is that possible? How do we attain that?

I’m not an economist, so I’m not going to get into whether there are indicators right now that show if the market is slowing or not. What I am going to talk about is how interesting the phrase “we need an economy that works for everyone” is.

The fact that phrase exists; means that the economy doesn’t always work for everyone, but it always works for someone. Over history the economy has proven to go up and down. Here in the U.S. we have some sort of a “recession” every 20 years or so. Should we be trying to change the economy to work for everyone, or should we be trying to figure out why the economy always works for someone?

In our minds we are working hard and doing what we need to do to pay our bills and support our families; so it’s easy to put the blame on someone or something else when we fall into hard times. But why are you more affected by fluctuations in the economy than someone else? Instead of putting blame on something you have no control over, wouldn’t it be smarter to educate yourself about what those that aren’t affected as much are doing differently than you?

In this wonderful country, you have the freedom to do whatever you want. You have the choice to be rich and the choice to be poor; living the life you want or barely making it; increasing your knowledge or maintaining your current level.

Experts have said that knowledge as a whole doubles every ten years. How does that compare to the rate at which your knowledge is increasing? I believe the reason why many people have troubles in certain economic situations is that the economy changes at a faster rate than their knowledge changes. They often get stuck in an old way of thinking, that use to work, but it’s no longer the best for the current time.

Why be the person who is falling behind when you have the choice to gain the knowledge that keeps you in personal good times, no matter how the economy is doing?