rrlund I will try to make sure my grand kids get a "real" education. My kids did and it was both the local school an their family at home doing it.
Today's medical care is far superior to what we had years ago. If we can get a system worked out to provide it at sustainable costs.
The main thing is financial security. My wife and I started with just about nothing an we did well. We where able to do it with zero outside financial help. Our kids will NOT be able to do the same thing even with outside help. That is my worry.
If I remember correctly you milked cows until a few years ago. You where able to make a living and raise your family. DO you think you could do it in today's markets??? I am not saying it would be totally impossible but it sure would be along shot.
Then look at some of your friends your wrote about having good paying jobs with companies that are no longer around. So they are struggling to make ends meet in their 40-50s. Where are your and their kids going to find work that will allow them to support a family????
Then you look at both parents working these days. My wife did not have an outside job. So she was able to raise our kids. NOW she work like heck doing it and helping on the farm so do not think I am belittling that. I am saying look at how both parents are usually working these days. So it now takes two outside incomes to support a family.
I do not have any answers just a whole boat load of concerns. I started to see this erosion of the regular middle class about 25 years ago. Many of the economic numbers show there is a train wreck coming at the family and GOVERNMENT level. Both are WAY too far into debt compared to their income.
With a WORLD wide economy do we have to have a third world standard of living/income to compete???? I like to think we can be productive enough to justify higher incomes but will that continue???
I am noticing that many of the truly break through discoveries are not in the US as much as in the past. Is this a sign of things to come??
Maybe it is all just an old man worrying about nothing new.
So have a good evening!!!
PS all will be well as long as I DO NOT HAVE to milk cows. LOL
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