Has the troubled economy led you to delay any major life changes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pB4b11_LREA

I am putting off all major life changing plans until we know that we have a new administration in the White House. The the plans for building a new home will wait, adding more employees will have to wait until the new President takes office or until the new law suits on Obama’s eligibility for being president are completed. America is no longer blinded by main street media’s support of him ( BTW, the media job is to report the news, not to act as a cheerleader for any party.

When Barack Obama announced last spring that he was finally releasing his birth certificate after two-and-a-half years of battling court cases and ridiculing requests to prove his presidential eligibility, he declared it was time to “get serious” and move on.

It was no accident that one week before the April 27 release, some of the startling findings of two-time No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jerome Corsi’s then-upcoming blockbuster book declaring Obama ineligible for the White House, “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” were leaked on the most influential news and political page on the Internet, the Drudge Report. The next President will have to be vetted by all media and Congress before America can feel we have trust in the government. This lack of trust is what happens when the media is bought out by any party. We get a leader who circumvents Congress and thumbs his nose at our Constitution. 18 Bills for job growth that have been already passed in the House of Reps are still sitting on Senator Reid’s desk. The deficit climbed 5 times in threes years and the Simpson deficit plan was still ignored. It sure seems the Democratic leaders are the real party of NO.

How do we plan for our future when our own president does a flip flop on transparency? We had the Fast and Furious sham and the Solyndra scam where the White House is still withholding releasing suppoened documents. Then we had the by-passing the process to ram through Obama Health Insurance reform Care act , all behind closed doors yet it finally showed the real backbone of that plan; i.e. it stole $500 billion from Medicare but the media wouldn’t report that little fact, assuming they read the whole bill. Recall that it was former Speaker Pelosi who said, ” we have to pass it (the bill) to see what’s in it.” Imagine buying a car where the salesman says, “YOU HAVE to BUY this car so you can see what engine is in it.” ???? or for a home sale, ” You have to sign the mortgage first__ to see what rate you will have?”

Until November, 2012 most of us will probably not make any big decisions because the uncertainty is too much with this administration.

Any time someone uses a term such as “Obamacare” I know they can’t be taken seriously (or are P.R. flacks, paid to post to forums such as this).

As for the Question of the Day … we’ve moved during this particular downturn and downsized in the process, which actually makes life a bit less stressful for us (added bonus).

We are both lucky and have jobs, but I have only had one raise in five years, which falls far short of paying for the increase in health and dental insurance premiums (my wife’s raises have been about equal to her insurance increases over the same period, luckily).

We spend less on new items purchases and restaurants. And drive older cars. I suspect we will continue this behavior even when good times return.

And we have both increased our 401k/403b contributions, though we both have contributed more than 10% above matched contributions for decades.

Overall, we are quite fortunate.

“Any time someone uses a term such as “Obamacare” I know they can’t be taken seriously (or are P.R. flacks, paid to post to forums such as this).”

Then I would expect you in the future to call the “Bush Tax cuts” by their proper term or I won’t be taking you seriously.

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

Or just specific reference to the tax code statute, that is, if you want to be taken seriously.

GaryF – “Then I would expect you in the future to call the “Bush Tax cuts” by their proper term or I won’t be taking you seriously” …………………………. except that they are fully implemented, and their impact is measureable over a period of time. In the case of “Obamacare” the program isn’t fully in force as enacted, its features are under revision efforts by congress & there is much that is “assummed in” but in reality not part of the passed-signed legislation. The older horse – can surely be called by its earned name. The newer one is still getting to its legs and someone is trying remove one or two of them.

The “grand obstructionist party” doesn’t want to use the terms “Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.” garyf because it points out the fact it’s been a decade now, and the alleged job creators have not yet created any jobs. Instead they have horded record amounts of cash. I think we’ve had enough time to see that the tax cuts are not working. Wiping them out could solve almost half the “stupidcommitee’s” budget goal right of the bat. But that would be compromise, not partisan politics.

As for obamacare it’s only been about a year. In all fairness lets give it 9 more before we decide if it’s working. You gave moron bush that long. Plus I think there’s more pressing issues at hand.

I would really like to sell the house I own in a town of 270, and move closer to my job, which is 75 miles away, but in this economy, I know I couldn’t get anywhere near what I have into it, so I guess I’m staying put. I am looking forward to retiring in the next 5-10 years, but I enjoy my job so much I wouldn’t mind working longer if necessary. I do feel very badly for people who are trying to pay their mortgages (or their rent) AND trying to provide for their children, AND trying to put food on the table, AND trying to pay for increased health care insurance premiums, AND trying to enjoy life just a little bit. It’s terrible that so many people, myself included, have had to put “enjoying life” at, or near, the bottom of the priority list, and how bitterly ironic that is. American Dream, indeed.

@barracuda,

I prefer to think of it as calling the bullshit bullshit.

I chose to get an undergraduate degree in a ‘safe’ field in which I was nearly guaranteed a job upon graduation- biomedical science- and due to this have not felt the effects of the recession as much as some. That being said, however, I finished an administrative masters degree a year ago and am still stuck in my original job. I haven’t delayed personal decisions including a new baby, but if I had a do-over, I’d certainly hold off on the expense of the graduate degree until the economy perked up again and all the positions didn’t require the degree plus many years of experience, as they suddenly started requiring.

@TA

This is not the America I joined the military to defend back during the Cold War. That one was worth defending. I was proud of it. With the last 30 years of sliding toward plutocracy, I can understand why a Canadian immigrant would hesitate to be naturalized.

The truth will hurt at first but then it will set you free 🙂

@rich in duluth,

Gosh young man, I didn’t know you were a gay man, you must be to use the term, teabagger, which you so freely throw around to demean conservative Tea Party adults, as used in your post. I assume you do know that term is some type of perverted sexual practice among gay men? Your name calling to other’s posts only confirms to the Independents that the far left folks are too radical.

Speaking of radical__the funny part is the CBO shows Obama raised our national debt x 5 within three years while he campaigned he would CUT the debt in HALF by the end of the first year..Did he not have full control over the House and Senate for two years but still got nothing passed for deficit an budget_ 900 days now and still no budget from the Dem controlled Senate.

Hmmm, maybe Obama is not so intelligent after all..but wait!!! If he was so brilliant then why oh why does he refuse to release his college records when others have done so ??? Why did he take three years to release a birth certificate copy and then, only when the latest forgery experts discovery was out in print did he then magically come up with a photo copy of a Certificate of Live Birth? You see, no one on the Far Left can or wants_ to answer those politically incorrect questions..not even NPR will touch it. as long as they get their million donations each year from Soros..makes sense.

@ Steve the cynic’s comment: getting over the myth of the liberal bias in media”

Oh please, even NPR did a piece on this and the independent researchers found indeed the mainstream media and NPR favor the leftist views with 3 x more coverage to their left based stories and less rebuttal as well as not_ covering left stories when seen as negative. In 2008, the mainstreet Media had but ONE question on Obama’s past affiliations with admitted 60’s terrorist Bill Ayers_ ONE question was asked of him while there were 90+ stories on Cain being accused by anonymous women with recollections of abuse 12-14 years back??? Did the media air the story of the Union thug speech a month back saying ” we have to show these son of a bitches” or how about the near genius Maxine Waters, D- congresswoman shouting , ” The tea party can go to Hell!” And didn’t Mr. Obama call for more restraint on using aggressive violent rhetoric after Gabby was shot with five citizens being murdered at her rally last year?

In 2008, the main street media had full control over the election coverage…everyone knows that now_and now we have a sort of sliding CNN and Fox News to dare dare dare cover the issues kept from us three years a go. Wasn’t there a rock song in America, that sang, “..we won’t be fooled again.” That is the 2012 campaign song for who ever in the Democratic party runs against Barry Sotero AKA: Barack Hussein Obama….yes, he was adopted with that name as a youngster living in Indonesia, but when did he legally change it? When he was back in the states as an adolescent I guess.

Besides putting off a new home, we are delaying buying, investing our money in private business. America has to end the Insider trading that Congress is legally ok to do..imagine this_ would you trust someone voting on a bill that would then enrich their stock holdings? Of course not..Dems and Repubs alike have done this; during Obama Care legislation and earlier during the Prescription Care bill, many in Congress invested the day before the bill was passed. D-Nancy Pelosi made a few million in the past few years in several stock within Health Insurance and phamacuticals that were tied into the bill being passed..wow..and she still denies it even with FCC records clearly showing she profited from that insider trading..so until that stuff is made illegal for them to do, one would be foolish to invest in the stock market.

I wonder if CNN, MNBC and NPR will cover this story that was revealed this week or will they tout Obama goofing of in Indonesia instead df working in DC to get a jobs bill passed? I wish I had his vacation schedule.

I am putting off having more children until I know birth records actually mean something for everyone, not as a tool to scam the system..Steve should read this:

“April 27 release, some of the startling findings of two-time No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jerome Corsi’s then-upcoming blockbuster book declaring Obama ineligible for the White House, titled, “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” Sad when a President has to hide his birth certificate for three years isn’t it? Why is that?

Agreed Allison C. This country is becoming a run-down whore house toilet where rape is ‘ just business’ in the pursuit of freedom and happiness.

I think Minnesotans will put off a lot of big decisions until 2013, pretty much the same as our President has done with the Canadian pipeline decision he has put on hold until after the election. He says he took a major role in working with the European economic issues with the collapsing Euro and Greece but no one sees our so called leader in DC working with the Super committee to lower the deficit and cut spending. People need to know that the Republicans have put forth and passed 18 bills for growing the economy yet, the old Democrat Senate Leader Harry Reid has refused to take those bills for a Vote in the Senate. Why? Obama raised our debt to 15 trillion in three years, more than all the former presidents combined and not letting the Senate have a vote means his spending America into becoming Greece is secure.

Minnesotans should not make major financial decisions until this smooth talking but phony presidential administration is replaced. The good news is_ Obama’s green jobs czar, the radical communist Van Jones was forced to resign, Obama’s appointee Anita Dunn, AKA: ” I love communist Mao” had to resign, Attorney General Eric Holder is being forced to resign for incompetence or malfeasance in office from not doing his job, for discriminating against whites in the voter harassment by Black Panther case and for making unconstitutional demands upon states for school records, appointee Chu, in charge of the Energy Dept for loans for Green energy, will likely have to resign for being ill prepared to do the oversight of 32 billion in loans….and Rahm Emanuel also quit as chief of staff after two years serving. His name is on the block for his involvement in setting up loans with Solyndra for paying off campaign bundlers.

So how’s the economy today? Unemployment is still above 9.1 % after spending $870 billion in stimulus money to prevent just such a rise above 7.6%…Hmmmm, we won’t be fooled again unless we want to be like Greece with riots likely in 2013 when the government can’t afford to make the entitlement payouts. And no to the ones who say Tax the rich more to end the deficit. Tax all those above 1 million income from investments and business ownership at a 99% tax rate and the deb would be cut by less than 1% for one year only and the loss in jobs would rise but it might make the socialists feel good for the week.

Steve,

How has it been working out for you? Made any progress? Changed any minds?

I know for (most of) the rest of us it makes the forum all but unreadable.

b