What's Good For The Economy...

I confess, I am REALLY losing heart when the candidate says (again) that experience in business is the best qualification for leading a nation.  The justification is the Economy.  We need to capitalize it to make it seem like something real.  The Economy IS real but not in the same way that Philadelphia is real.  Well, maybe there are similarities, but my point is that you can't put your arms around the Economy, you can't see the limits, there are no signs that say "now entering The Economy."

First of all, let me say that our nation, The United States of America, even though it does have boundaries, is every bit as subjective a thing as The Economy.

Would we continue to be The United States of America even if The Economy changed?  Of course we would--and we have.  The United States of America is whatever We, The People, are willing to stand up for.

Changes in The Economy have forced many of We, The People, to change the way we think of ourselves and our roles as individuals, citizens, providers, dependents, students, family members, soldiers, sailors, marines, teachers, mayors...  Initially change is hard.  It's like Letting Go of the pool gutter when learning to swim.  Finally though, we understand that we need to Get To The Other Side.  It's only then that we learn to swim.  The Letting Go is only part of the change.  This is the kind of change that we have to focus on because it's the only kind that positions us for the next one.

It is so SMALL and LIMITING and, yes, disheartening to think that business holds the answers for The United States of America.  We, The People, are this nation and let there be no doubt about it.  Not The Economy, not National Defense, not Business, not Education, not anything except each other.  When we stop doing the things that make each other healthier, more knowledgeable, safer, more secure in our hopes for the future and instead focus our efforts on making corporations safer and more secure, we are no longer part of The United States of America.  We have become something else, a virus that manifests as Us versus Them, They Shouldn't Be Able To, What About Me, This Is Mine, There Isn't Enough For You and a host of other symptoms.  None of the symptoms alone can destroy The United States of America, but untreated they spread until they gain control and We, The People, disappear.  When that happens The United States of America disappears except as a multicolored area on a map or globe.