"Fixed Income, Early Retirement!"

At my house, in the last two-plus years, our income has been reduced by about 30%! I don't know about anybody else, but a 30% financial hit is pretty tough to take. Now, we're not starving, but we definitely have made some decisions that are different than we would have made with 30% more money. Our faith in God has most certainly helped us in all these decisions; and a grasp of common sense is also a factor when things take a financial down-slide. We have changed our shopping habits, combining trips out of the house to lessen unnecessary travel and save fuel cost. We have changed our choices as to what groceries we purchase; our dollars don't go as far as they used to go. I have many friends and acquaintances that are on "fixed incomes" and they are ALL experiencing these same things. None of us have expanded our spending habits. When your old spending habits continue, you have too much month left at the end of the money! When you don't recognize this axiom, you must be a fool! When the things you do don't work, don't repeat them; your results will be continued failure. ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES; it will help you from continuing to screw things up! Rationalizing bad decisions won't hold water when held up to the light of common sense.

Last week, the White House admitted that the citizens of the United States of America will lose 14 BILLION DOLLARS ON OBAMA'S AUTO BAILOUT! How does this make you feel, as a taxpayer? I'm kind of upset!! Obama spoke last week, and once again, he echoed back to George Bush. This President will never admit to his own mistakes. Like a child, he constantly looks for someone else to take the blame for his poor judgment. What is worse than this, is his continued pursuit of further spending in the face of consistent failed policies.

His minions still feel they are correct in their spurious spending habits, and refuse to take a look at any serious spending cuts in our "over blown" budget. Nancy Pelosi believes she will soon be back in the Speaker's Seat; returning like "Freddy Kruger" for another "nightmare"!

At what point does this become Barack Obama's mess? Unemployment is still at disastrous levels; the housing market is moving at the speed of an "oil painting" and Moody is considering lowering our national bond rating. Oddly, this is still George Bush's fault!

Mr. Obama, I feel like this entire article should be written in "RED INK"! George Bush is in Crawford, Texas; he has not been the President for some time now. It is your bad decisions that have driven America into this economic firestorm. America cannot sustain much more of this stupidity from the White House. Barack, live within your means! Perhaps our current president needs to be on a fixed income; let's retire him in 2012!!