Dear BHW Sisters,
Beware the FEAR-mongerers ...
... They are out in force in recent months ...
Yikes! ... The MISinformation and DISinformation specialists are trying hard to convince us that we are like Europe and will be faced with the SAME kind of debt-ladened financial risk ... Ummm ...
Excuse me! ...
We are nothing like Europe ... Correct me, if I am wrong ...
my dear BHW Sisters from Europe ... but ... don't most of you work a
35-hour work week? ... And, don't most of you retire much earlier than we Americans do? ... And, don't you have many more weeks of vacation per year than we do? ...
Based on the reading I have done ... the answers to the above questions are that
our BHW Sisters (and Brothers) in Europe have been enjoying what many perceive as "the good life" for a VERY long time ... They are provided with a LOT more than our government provides us with ...
AND ... the percentage of the population in many countries who are government workers IS a lot higher than here in the United States of America ...
I AM well-read, but I do
not have firsthand information ...
But ...
Based on what I know, outside of our basic humanity, where we
ARE the same ... we are otherwise, as a society ... nothing like Europeans ...
And ...
The problems that face
OUR nation,
though similar, are
NOT the same ...
LAZY thinking is what allows too many to make
OVERgeneralizations and say we will face the SAME problems as
our BHW Sisters (and Brothers) in Europe currently face ...
Whoa! ...
NOT so fast! ...
PLEASE, my dear BHW Sisters ... do
NOT be lazy in
YOUR thinking ... We
MUST advocate for what we
TRULY believe while we still can ... and ... we must
NOT allow the FEAR-mongerers to get the best of us because we are UNinformed ... Do
NOT allow MISinformation and DISinformation to rule
YOUR judgment ...
PLEASE! ...
With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ...
... Aloha pume hana,
Barb