Now that the recession is over — according to many of the news outlets — let’s hope that we don’t make the same mistakes that got us into this awful mess in the first place and repeat, as often is the case with history, the same errors by maintaining the status-quo.
Of course this is the same media that didn’t inform us that we were in a recession until nearly a year after it really began. Actually, the facts are that they did inform us, we the people, but without using the “R” word. It’s just that most of us wasn’t paying enough attention, being caught up in one of the greatest economic booms in our Nation’s history and all. It was quite natural that we were blinded by the light, so to speak.
But, is the recession really over?
Some of us who are living off a pension or Social Security and Medicare, in a strange sort of way, have not been affected so much by the downturn, whereas; those who have lost jobs or perhaps fell victim to foreclosure are probably living in a depression. There was a time when the very phrase “fixed income” had a bad connotation. I don’t believe that can be said anymore.
The recession may be over in one camp but let us not forget those still struggling in the other. Reason enough there to discontinue a policy of convincing them that it is over.
Donnie Flecker
Anderson
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Letter: Is the recession really over?
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Letter: Union attitude must prevail for recovery
Any recovery for the middle class, in the recovery of our economy, will be led by the recovery of the union attitude in America. Nothing else.
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Letter: Lutz not representing the working class
I feel bad that Rep. Lutz (R) is sad, because Democrats at the Statehouse are representing the working class people of Indiana. While he is representing big business.
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Viewpoint:: Washington must wake up to missile threat
Three years after President Obama opened an outstretched hand to Iran and attempted to reset relations with Russia, the former has restarted its drive to build nuclear weapons including recent missile testing and saber rattling while the latter has dropped its diplomatic relations to Cold War temperatures.
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
To save America some money — by acclimation of course — let’s not have a presidential election in 2012. We already have a good president who will do his best to kill all Republican bills (DOA) and, consequently, create more good-paying jobs in the $30 per hour range.
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Letter: Gingrich cashes in on political amnesia
Rasmussen says that Romney has flattened nationally. Why?
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Letter: Hiring Winkler not wise spending
As a taxpayer I want to know that my taxes are being spent wisely. Hiring Greg Winkler at a salary of $126,000 is not wise spending.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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Letter: Union attitude must prevail for recovery
