Job growth during the next ten years is expected in health care, construction, green energy, education, and transportation. This news was reported based on an analysis of labor-market data by President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. The job of an economic advisor is to gather and research economic data, then analyze it and offer alternative or comprehensive strategies. The report labeled, “Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow,” predicted that there would be “tremendous growth” in new environment-related occupations. These new jobs were never even listed in comparable data before the year 2000.
The Great Depression ended with the New Deal. In Roosevelt's plan, Americans returned to long standing values of hard work and saving. Families "dialed-back" their standard of living, set-up and stuck to realistic household budgets, and did not spend more than they made. They saved for their children's educations, repaired automobiles and appliances instead of replacing them, and refused to purchase items that were of poor quality or that needed to be replaced frequently. We can create "The New American Standard."
Some people who are reading this article may think that because we are more advanced and have come "so far," that it would be a negative thing to return to former values. I would venture to say that a return to "tried and true" values is a good thing. Even in the area of employment we have gone far off the beaten path. Instead of people staying with a company out of loyalty and dedication, employees are quick to follow after "mo' money." It's a fallacy for people to think that our economy could withstand such enormous employment flux over a long period of time. Companies need dedicated workers. Families need parents who can stay home long enough to participate in the family unit. If everyone is just chasing the dollar, the society will suffer.
Millions of us had forgotten that the American dream is home ownership. Instead of moving toward ownership, people have been convinced that having a home mortgage is the way to go. Nothing can be further from the truth. When you own your property, no one can foreclose or kick out off the property. Ownership is the real reward. When a person owns both the real estate and the house that sits on it, there is a certain freedom. Sure you are still required to pay property taxes, but these are miniscule in comparison to a monthly mortgage note.
America is a land of prosperity. Somehow the concept of prosperity has been interpret, by many, to be about amassing the biggest, the best, the fastest, or the most luxurious of houses and gadgets. That concept of prosperity is very narrow and shallow. Prosperity and success go deeper than that. They have the qualitative component of being able to live on less than our earnings; while saving and investing, for their family.
As the saying goes, "desperate times call for desperate measures." So many of us have become accustomed to this borrowed lifestyle; we have actually tricked our minds into thinking that this is what prosperity and success are all about. We are borrowing against the future of our children -- our grandchildren. Is that really what we want -- ultimately? Do we want to live "the good life" on the backs of future generations. America never used to be like that. It's time for us to step up to the plate. Get a good job. Stay with that employer and be a loyal worker. Plan for retirement and be able to enjoy our grandchildren while they can still enjoy us. Let this be our New American Standard.
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