Boohoo, Not Wahoo.

In an attempt to write something that is not mindless drivel or sentimentalist girlish cooing and return to some level of normality (as if it was even possible), I've taken an interest in the state of our economic affairs.

I wonder just how much money was spent on both McCain's and Obama's campaigns. How many millions are they spending on propaganda? How many millions are they spending that could indeed be invested in aiding our country and paying off our debt?

I will admit now that I am not an economics person. I enjoy my Algebra 2 class. It's logical and straightforward and I love that. But economics does not register in my head and seeing numbers and figures taxes my brain. So I cannot but admit that I am no expert on the subject nor do I pretend to know anything about anything.

But I would like to know what gives government the right to tack on more taxes to the American people for something that is no fault of theirs. What do these men think, these lawmakers, these bank owners? Can't they see the plight of the average Joe, the harsh brutality thrust upon their fellow men, their neighbors? Or are they so elite, so rich, so powerful, that they walk about with their head in the clouds and cannot bend their neck to see the less-fortunate on the bottom.

It's not as if it comes as a shock to me, but I am rather melancholic to hear of men who no longer care for morals. What has happened to our culture, that we no longer feel anything, are desensitized to the slightest emotion?

I feel like I'm rambling now, so I'll stop. Can't afford a soapbox nowadays.