Frank, most of my friends and family in Europe are in dire straits and operating at about half their salaries (and pensions) these days. Their Governments are implementing (or raising) property, estate, and other "luxury" taxes in order to pay their bankers' usurious interest rates and to hell with the people. They've never seen anything like it. I suppose they see the glass as half-empty just like their bellies and wallets.
In this country, the half- full glass folks tend to be union folk, government paper shuffling ****ers, double dipping pensioners, workers in niche industries that haven't been outsourced yet, or management trainees at Costco. The majority of us mainstream folks are struggling with household budgets.
The irony is that many American small businesse's former, primary sources of income are currently thriving thanks to the "endless" supply of Government greenbacks, early retirements and/or layoffs (Government & corporations), and foreign interventions/rebuilding but they have little disposable income for domestic vendor contracts. In our situation, the client base has quietly shifted to the small business sector. We are planning on transferring most of our focus to one of the few areas of potential- healthcare. An area which will benefit us personally along with other families whose children fit under the ever expansive developmental umbrella.
I hope we get to personally discuss further. Keep the faith, brother. There ARE alternatives on less traveled roads out there.
Those who stay on their current paths, as comfortable as they seem, are not going to fare as well I'm afraid.
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