Bet you didn’t realize that this economic train wreck holds great promise for a wonderful 2009.
Here are just a few of the benefits we can expect:
** Make new friends …… hitchhiking and ride sharing are in.
** Get healthy ……walking or bicycling are the new mode of transportation.
** Make less trash and waste …… fix and keep the old appliances.
** Have fewer traffic jams …… trains, buses, even trolley cars are the way to go.
** Have fresher vegetables ……from our own backyard gardens.
** Become an antiques collector …… the old furniture has such charm.
** Have a new source of revenue …… by renting the spare bedroom.
** Do our own investing …… drop spare change into a big jar or piggy bank .
** Spend more time with our kids …… after-school programs will be cut.
** Have more time to watch the sunsets ….. no job eating up all our time.
Did you know?
In the First Great Depression of the 1930s
Loaf of bread cost ………………8 ¢
First-class letter …………………3 ¢
Movie theater ticket …………...10 ¢
Average annual wage …..$1,600.00
In the 21st Century
Loaf of bread cost…………...... $ 3.25
First-class letter …….....………. 42 ¢
Movie theater ticket ……......… $10.00
Average annual wage … $40,200.00
So – in 2009, let’s use our imaginations to create new industries and services, to rebuild our crumbling roads and bridges, to turn America green, to help those who need help, and to rethink our priorities.
As our President-elect put it: We are the people we have been waiting for.
Wishing you a wonderful holiday and joyous new year,
June Walker
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