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December 28, 2007
Kitchen Table Woes
by Tina Grazier
“Poll: Pocketbook Issues Rising,” by Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
Oh, oh....looks like we're in for nasty weather!
WASHINGTON — Kitchen table worries pushed ahead of the war in Iraq over the past month, a shift toward pocketbook issues that has gained currency as the election year dawns. More than half the voters in an ongoing survey for The Associated Press and Yahoo News say the economy and health care are extremely important to them personally. They fear they will face unexpected medical expenses, their homes will lose value or mortgage and credit card payments will overwhelm them.
“They fear they will face unexpected medical expenses, their homes will lose value or mortgage and credit card payments will overwhelm them.”
Must be mostly liberals answering the phone under that bad moon. Let’s reveal some truth behind the issues:
1. Credit card payments are easy….pay your bills off as fast as possible and quit CHARGING your life into the dumper!
2. Homes lose value from time to time…pull back on the budget, even if you have to eat rice and beans for months to make payments… hunker down, the value will go back up.
3. Unexpected medical expenses? Buy insurance for the unexpected, avoid doctor visits by taking care of yourself and family…avoid life threatening activity, embrace life enhancing activity…get educated or trained and work hard to get a good job so you can afford the above. Most of all…get the government out of healthcare. The truly needy will be beter off if the rest of us act responsibly regarding healthcare.
All of these “problems” are individual problems, not government problems. They have been brought to “the kitchen table” by candidates, via news reports, rather than by Joe Sixpack or Martha Chargit. In fact, I doubt that the average person even thinks about these “issues” on a day by day basis.
We need a strong leader for our country, not some nanny to hold our hands and tell us how we will be allowed to conduct our private lives and business.
Posted by Post Scripts at December 28, 2007 02:34 PM