Good idea, I will, thanks.

I will tell you that from a Macroeconomic prospective that it is often necessary for interest rates to sky rocket and while it is painful the alternative, which is mass inflation and currency devaluation are worse. I spent quite a bit of time in University studying economics because it opened my eyes to the reason why people make the decisions they do and economies move the way they do. I think one of the more interesting concepts is the non inflationary line of operations and how interest rates, unemployment and inflation are linked. You should look it up I think you would find it enlightening.

I do agree, I don’t know how much protection they can have, but I believe they should. I think this has been years in coming. We have relied too much on the government for things we shouldn’t rely on them for, and not for the things we should. And the government have made promises over the years on things that seem nice in the short run (tax rebates, extra child tax money, etc) but in the long run cause more problems and damage.

I really don’t want to give into the idea that we have unqualified individuals who have too much power (and I know this is what we have), as I think there have to be some out there who can rise above this. Where are they though?

Yes, very true, where we spend our money is where we can have the best control over the economy and if enough of us do this wisely (I don’t know though, if I make the best choices entirely, when spending my money, I hope I do) we can make a difference.

Part of the key is to stand up when we see too much control coming in, and do what we can to change and stop it. But enough of us have to do it to make a real difference. Education and awareness is really the key, I think.

I realize I am probably not making my point very clear. I will tell you this we may not care enough to vote but we sure care where we spend our next dollar, and that is where we have real power in the economy.

I too want less government involvement. I am not advocating more control, I am talking about effective leadership where the government is managing it’s role, more correctly. In my current governmental studies, I am coming to understand what we as citizens need to do, and what our government needs to do. Not more control, but more awareness and involvement on our part, less regulation and control from the government and more real leadership. We do need effective leaders, if we don’t, we lose control of what we as citizens can do. I am not talking about ‘blaming’ the gov’t, but expecting them to do their job, which I feel is to protect our rights and property…no not do or give us everything, but to offer protection. And frankly, if they don’t fill THEIR role, it makes it much more difficult for us, who have less power in these matters, to do what we need to do. If my bank fails (and I know, that is worst case scenario, but it has happened in the US) how am I protected? Can I pay my mortgage, my bills? Will I have access to my money, or is it all lost? What happens if the interest rates skyrocket? Can I personally control that? No, I don’t see how I can (unless you have insight as an accountant about this, I am still learning).

I don’t know if that trend will continue, but if it did, maybe we’d have some options here and some attention.

My question is are we tighter in our budget because spending went up or taxation went down. I am being taxed less now than I have ever been. I am always in favour of less involvement by the government because to be quite frank we don’t pay them enough to get the real quality people we need to solve social and economic problems. The best we can hope for is that the ones that get voted into power won’t screw it up too bad. If we really wanted proper governance we would pay them more and get a better than 50% voter turn out.