COINCIDENTAL NEW NORMAL

What does it take to make you sit up and take notice of the problems surrounding society today? What will it take to make you respond to the many crises taking place today? You have eyes so you can see and ears so you can hear but for many people, any negative news is a reason to tune out the world and only think good thoughts. The problems we face continue to pile up and doing nothing is not an option if you expect to survive the next few years intact. Prior planning and execution of a plan are now required to stay out of the flood zone when the dam breaks and everyone starts to drown. It does not matter what kind of person you are. You have to be able to save yourself before you have the ability to help others including your own family. You cannot protect your family if you cannot protect yourself from dangerous situations or people. You cannot protect your family if you are too weak from lack of water or food to get others to safety. You cannot protect your family from the elements

Our nation’s recover from the “Great Recession” was lackluster at best. Then, just when it looked like the economy was going to start purring along nicely, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and we were faced with nationwide lockdowns, hurting the economy once more. Now that we’re through with the lockdowns, the combination of ongoing shortages and the burden of several trillion-dollar bills passing through Congress has given us the highest inflation we’ve seen in four decades. It seems we can’t get a break. Part of the problem is that there are two basic ways that Congress deals with problems. The first is to create laws which result in putting limitations on people and businesses, essentially increasing the regulatory power of the alphabet agencies. From the point of view of recovering from a financial crisis, about all that can do is slow the process down. The second, and this is the more important one, when it comes to a financial crisis, is to throw money at it. That’s a problem, because i