They Interviewed some of the ultra-rich who now can afford only 2 homes instead of 5. One woman lamented that she might have to now shop at the mall instead of her fancy boutiques. Hmmm, I'm not shedding many tears. When I hear this stuff I have to think, "Are you serious?"
Makes me both thankful for the Prophet's advice on living within our means, and hopeful that I can always listen. The news piece ended with a report on how, with low cash flow, people are now resorting to spending more time with their children. They are doing things more at home, and eating together. Interesting.
One of my favorite poems by Robert Frost regarding the Golden Age in America...
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature's first green is gold.
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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The Great Gatsby is really one of your favorites? I never read it, but I was at the library a few months ago looking for a book on cd and saw that one. I knew it was a classic so decided to try it. I listened to a couple of chapters and couldn't take it anymore. It may have just been the narrator (Tim Robbins, who I really like as an actor). Maybe I'll have to try actually reading it. Maybe it will be better ; ).
I think Heavenly Father wonders why we don't learn from mistakes the first time too.
Mark Twain wrote a book about the oppulence of the Gilded Age and the ridiculous way money was spent. I toured the mansions in Newport Beach that were used as summer cottages in that time, one room is painted using platinum!
Niki,
The Great Gatsby is a classic that must be read. There is a movie that came out staring Robert Redford about it. The movie is O.K. I am not, and have never been a fan of books on CD. I think alot of style and voice, especially of the classics, is lost. Have you read To Kill a Mockingbird? You can't go wrong with that one.
That is so so interesting! I am thinking that we are definately very close to a depression. I think this will be worse than it was in the "Great Depression" mainly because in the "Great Depression" they didn't have the credit card debts, car loans, etc. They also didn't have the technology that we have now you know like the phone bill, the cell phone bill, the cable/sattle light bill, the internet bill, there children weren't involoved in dance classes, basketball, piano, drum lessons, football, etc. Anyway, our debt is much greater than there's was. I do find it interesting about what you said about people spending more time with their children. We've always been close with our children but we used to go places that cost money to entertain us all. We've now found with Brian being pretty much jobless and us cutting back on unnecessary expenses that we have a lot of fun playing games at home, playing outside, going on bike rides, visiting with family. Kind of amazing what you'll learn and find out when you have to!
JoLynn
P.S. I don't think I've ever read the Great Gatsby but Blake happen to walk in and see your post and said oh man that's a great book we read it last year in school and then we watched the movie. I can't believe my 13 year old has read it and seen and I haven't. I will get right on that!
I read To Kill a Mockingbird in 10th grade English. It was really good. We really like to listen to books on cd when we are in the car. We started listening to them just on trips, but now listen to them around town. I have come to the conclusion that classics need to be read. I used to only read classics. The Count of Monte Cristo and Les Miserables are 2 of my favorites. I really need to start reading them again. That will be my goal this year, to read some of the classics that I never have but always wanted to.
First of all, I love that poem. Truly one of my favorites. And I am also so grateful that we have inspired church leaders who have been telling us, for as long as I've been alive, to live within our means. It reminds me of a saying by President Benson...something like...Don't you cry little luxury, you'll be a necessity by and by. Don't quote me on it.
It scares me that we are headed for a depression. And I think that our children are going to pay for it for years thanks to this lovely stimulus plan. And all of the buy-outs. Why is it that we as responsible tax paying American's have to foot the bill for huge banks and corporations who have spent their money rashly and without thought for the future? Makes me crazy!
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