Hey brother could you spare a dime?

       I like to keep things light on here but sometimes I have to get serious. This country is in trouble and I don't think things are going to get better anytime soon. If you've followed me here from Facebook you may remember this July 4th status update.

"Good morning America! You're 235 years old and it's time for you to grow the fuck up. Seriously, how do you let yourself get $14,500,000,000,000 in debt? You keep running to the Chinese every time you run out of cash. You do know you have to pay that shit back, right? It's not like you can move back in with your parents when they foreclose on you. Tomorrow I want to talk to you about your children. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

         There are 48million people in America who receive monthly Social Security or disability benefits. The overwhelming majority of those receiving these benefits are senior citizens  and people with disabilities.  These benefits account for most if not all of their income. They are some of the most vulnerable in our society and are  the most likely to live in poverty. Yet our government had chosen to use them as pawns and scapegoats in a battle over financial solvency. Totally disregarding the fact that they are responsible for our nations Titanic debt.

       When I was a teenager the national debt was just over $25,000 per taxpayer.  Now that sum has ballooned to over $130,000 per taxpayer and what do we have to show for it? We live in a state of fear. We have mediocre healthcare (unless you're rich, then you have the best healthcare in the world) and in education we're not doing much better. In a 2009 study done by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and  Development we are 14th in the world behind; South Korea, Finland, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Estonia, Switzerland, Poland and Iceland. We used to have the most educated people on the planet! Now look at us. We got beat by CANADA. To top it all off we're fat too. The fattest nation on the planet with an obesity rate of nearly 30% for all Americans.

       In short we're fat, deeply in debt and too dumb to figure away out of it. Or are we? I believe we know what must be done but we're too lazy to do it. It's time to open our eyes and take a good hard look at ourselves and stop spending money we don't have (government and private citizen alike). Pay off our debt. Read a book. Go back to school. Put down the fork, turn off the TV, log off and get some exercise. Get involved. Get informed. Get in shape. Because there are people out there who don't care about you because you don't care about you and they know it. This is the time for you to take a stand because there won't be a second chance.

       History is judging you.