The next shoe to drop

       All this post was prompted by a doctor's visit today, and his question to me. 

            It, the shoe falling or dropping , may be sooner than many think. Like even in year 2013. Many think so. I myself think it will be more like 2014.

            It will be when inflation gets so bad people won't loan the USA federal government money, and we actually have to pay our way then . And our tax income at all levels, federal, state, and local, is pretty good these days. Then politicians will have to do their old fashioned job, like fight over how to divide up the pie. Said another way, decide priorities, and respond to their voters. Also along the way, promote the common good.

            And by the way, inflation is its own evil, too, as to its impact on most citizens. Been there, done that.  Soon I expect millions more will get to learn what it means to them these days. Most will not be happy, as in suffering and sacrificing.

            Another fear is that our present federal president is a lightweight, and has hired fellow lightweights to rule our vast USA country. So who knows what they will react to, and how they will react.

            Now real leadership is acting, not reacting. Some might say being proactive, vice active.

            Anyway, forecasting, really guessing, is fun, even if the forecast is not good, including to me. And my forecast I gave over five years ago still applies, and now I guess we get to suffer the consequences if and when the next shoe drops.

            And if this happens, I still think living in the new world USA is not a bad place to be. Said another way, there are worse places to be.

            Even after all the effects of World War II on humanity, we humans still had the USA to help sponsor a recovery from all its devastations.  And we did well, in my opinion. But the  Soviet Union, really the Russians, did OK, too, though another way. Basically, they were ruthlessly oppressive, like in the old fashioned way of the victors take spoils, rape women, etc. But suppose the whole world is devastated? I can imagine the recovery will take a longer time. And along the way I imagine the last century of socialist/progressive ideas will fade as we move to a better way to do things.

            And no wonder we humans are still dominant on this earth. Our ingenuity, willingness to suffer, and willingness to change, sure does make a difference if the other shoe falls, and if it even falls, and when it might drop.