ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
January 18, 2012
The beginning of each year is a great time to evaluate the direction of your life and to ask yourself some very important questions. Often we get so busy just living life that we lose our perspective.
It is important for each of us to take time once in a while to
reassess how our lives are going. It is also important for all of us to
reassess the direction that our nation is heading in every so often.
The truth is that America has gotten badly off track. We
have abandoned the principles which once made this country great, and this
country is literally falling apart all around us.
Hopefully the questions below will not just get you focused on
our problems.
Hopefully they will also spur you to think about
solutions.
Both individually and as a nation, we are in a lot of
trouble. We need to start asking better questions and we need to
rediscover the things that once made America the greatest nation on
earth.
If we are willing to humble ourselves and change course then
there is hope for us. If not, then the road that we are currently on will
only lead to national disaster.
THE FOLLOWING ARE 112 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF IN 2012....
#1 Are Barack
Obama and Mitt Romney really the best that America can come up with?
#2 Right now
the nations of the world are 55 trillion dollars in
debt. How long will it be before this system of debt totally collapses?
#3 What things
in life are you truly grateful for? Do you ever take time to thank those
that have been so good to you?
#4 In 2012,
when you add the maturing debt that the Italian government must roll over to
their projected budget deficit, it comes to 23.1 percent of Italy's
GDP. How in the world is Italy going to be able to handle that in this
economic environment?
#5 What do you
feel like you are missing in life? Are you actively looking for those
things?
#6 According
to a survey conducted by the National Geographic Society, only 37 percent of all Americans between the
ages of 18 and 24 can find Iraq on a map of the world. What does that say
about our education system?
#7 Do you give
more than you take? Would you rather serve people or be served?
#9 What are
you afraid of? Are those fears rational or irrational?
#10 168 million
emails are sent every single minute. Are
we rapidly getting to the point of information overload?
#11 Do you care
enough about other people? Do you spend more time thinking about yourself
or thinking about others?
#13 Did you
spend enough time with your family last year? Will you spend enough time
with them this year?
#14 The number
of Americans on food stamps has increased by 20 million over the past five
years. What does that say about the state of the U.S. economy?
#15 Is your
family prepared for what is about to happen to this world?
#17 After you
are dead, what will people be saying about you? Will they miss you or
will they be glad that you are gone?
#19 What do you
need to change about yourself?
#20 Should we
all be concerned that doctors in India say that "incurable" cases of
tuberculosis are showing up in India?
#21 Who do you
know that could use some more love?
#23 Is your
country a better place because you live there?
#25 What do you
think your life will be like ten years from now?
#26 40,000 new laws went into
effect across the United States as 2012 began. What does that say about
the culture in this nation?
#27 If you
could have dinner with anyone in the world, who would that be and why?
#28 What did
Mitt Romney mean when he stated that he wants to "eliminate
some of the differences, repeal the bad, and keep the good" in
Obamacare?
#29 What is the
best piece of advice that you have ever gotten? Are you still following
it?
#30 Is it a
good thing that the wealthiest 10 percent of all Americans have 56 percent of all the wealth?
#31 What books
do you need to put on your reading list this year?
#32 About half of all Americans are now
either living in poverty or are considered to be low income. So are we
still a "wealthy" nation?
#33 What are
the things that you do that waste the most time?
#34 Why aren't
more Americans concerned that the trade deficit is increasing again? This
is one of the things that killed the Greek economy and it is most definitely
sucking the life out of our own economy. Could it be that most Americans
have become so "dumbed down" that they don't even know what a trade
deficit is?
#35 What would
happen to you and your family if you suddenly lost your job?
#37 Have you
done anything worth remembering lately?
#39 If you only
had one day left to live, how would you spend that day?
#41 Is there
anything that is worth giving your life for?
#42 If
Obamacare is so great for working people, then why are so many unions requesting
(and getting) Obamacare waivers from the federal government?
#43 Do you
believe that you can be a hero?
#44 Why is the
government allowing genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in the
United States?
#45 What is one
great decision that you can make right now?
#47 If someone
gave you one million dollars today, how would you spend it?
#48 Who decided
that it would be a good idea for TSA "VIPR Teams" to set up thousands of
internal checkpoints across the United States every year?
#49 What is the
number one thing on your Bucket List? Why haven't you done it already?
#50 Why is the
federal government spending billions of dollars to
militarize local police departments across the United States?
#51 If it was
possible, would you want to live forever?
#53 Where would
you rather be than right here right now?
#55 Which is greater
~ the number of people that you love, or the number of people that you hate?
#57 What will
your legacy be?
#58 Is the
massive swarm of earthquakes that New
Zealand is experiencing a sign that the "Ring of
Fire" is becoming more active?
#59 What would
your plan be if there was a major volcanic eruption on the west coast of the
United States?
#60 If 63 percent of all
mortgaged properties in the state of Nevada are still "underwater",
then how in the world can anyone claim that there is a light at the end of the
tunnel for the housing crisis?
#61 Why is the
federal government arresting people who produce raw milk?
#63 What are
you really good at? Are you using that skill to make a difference in the
lives of others?
#64 Why is the
U.S. government giving nearly half a billion dollars every 12 months to an
organization that performs about 300,000 abortions a year?
#65 What is the
meaning of life?
#67 How can you
make tomorrow better than today?
#68 While the
TSA is groping millions of Americans at airports every year, rampant sex trafficking is going on
in virtually every major American city. Isn't it time that we admitted
that our allocation of law enforcement resources is very seriously flawed?
#69 How can you
make next week better than this week?
#70 One recent
survey found that only 29 percent of people
would describe themselves as "very happy". So what does that say
about the state of our country?
#71 Do you
consider yourself to be good? If so, how did you determine that?
#73 What would
happen if government spending was cut by 50 percent?
#75 If the euro
fails, what will Europe do? Would national currencies make a comeback or
would a new "European currency" be created?
#77 What would
happen to the price of gasoline if foreign oil supplies from the Middle East
were suddenly cut off?
#79 Is it
likely that your eating habits will send you to an early grave? If so,
why not make this the year when they change?
#80 Why aren't
politicians from either major political party doing something to stop the
massive flood of blue collar jobs that is pouring out of this
country? Don't they care about average Americans?
#81 Why do we spend
so much time on things that simply do not matter?
#82 Since 1971,
consumer debt in the United States has increased by a whopping 1700%. Is that a sign of a nation that is going
to be prosperous in the long run?
#83 Does the
U.S. need a new major political party?
#84 The U.S. debt problem continues to
escalate. During the Obama administration, the U.S. government has
accumulated more debt than it did from the time that George Washington took
office to the time
that Bill Clinton took office. Very few of our politicians
seem alarmed by this. Are we the stupidest generation in American
history?
#85 Does the
U.S. need a new Constitutional Convention?
#86 When we
finally see the U.S. economy collapse, who will be
in better shape ~ those that have spent years preparing or those that have not prepared at
all?
#87 Are you so
afraid to fail that you simply do not even try anymore?
#88 We are
facing the most horrific retirement crisis in U.S. history. Right now,
more than 10,000 Baby Boomers are turning 65 every single day. So where
in the world are we going to get all the money we need to pay them the
retirement benefits that we have promised them? Isn't the Social Security
system essentially one gigantic Ponzi scheme?
#89 If people started
following your example, would that be a good thing?
#90 According
to one Gallup survey, 7 out of every 10 Americans believe
that religion is losing influence in the United States. Is that good for
America or bad for America?
#91 Do you ever
do anything that is outside of your comfort zone?
#92 The U.S.
dollar has lost well over 95 percent of its
value since the Federal Reserve was created, the U.S. national debt is more
than 5000 times larger than it was when the Federal Reserve was created and
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a track record of incompetence that
is absolutely mind blowing. So what possible
justification is there for allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to issue our currency
and run our economy?
#93 If you lost
everything that you currently own, would your life be over?
#94 If the
European financial system is going to be just fine, then why is the UK
government preparing feverishly for the
collapse of the euro?
#95 When you
meet someone for the first time, do you tend to instantly love them or do you
tend to instantly judge them?
#96 If the one
thing that almost everyone in the Republican Party seems to agree on is that
Obamacare is bad, then why is the candidate that created the plan that much of
Obamacare was based upon about to run away with the race for the Republican
nomination?
#97 Do you feel
like you are truly alive? If not, what can you do to change that?
#99 Who are you
living your life for? Does the answer to that question excite you or
depress you?
#100 One recent
survey found that 77 percent of all U.S.
small businesses do not plan to hire any more workers. So where are all
of the jobs for the "economic recovery" going to come from?
#101 As you have
gotten older, have you also become more loving?
#102 Since 1964,
the reelection rate for members of the U.S. House of Representatives has never fallen below 85 percent. How
stupid can the American people possibly be? They keep sending the exact
same Congress critters back to
Washington D.C. over and over and over.
#103 Do you
treat others the way that you would like to be treated?
#104 According
to a recent Pew Research Center analysis, only 51 percent of all
Americans that are at least 18 years old are currently married. Back in
1960, 72 percent of all U.S.
adults were married. Without strong family units, can America survive?
#105 Do you
prefer to forgive those that have hurt you or do you prefer to hold long
grudges?
#106 According
to an analysis of Census Bureau data done by the Pew Research Center, the
median net worth for households led by someone 65 years of age or older is 47 times greater than the
median net worth for households led by someone under the age of 35. So
why are so many young people so broke?
#107 Do you tell
your family and your friends that you love them or do you just assume that they
already know?
#108 According
to the National Center for Children in Poverty, 36.4% of all children that live in Philadelphia are
living in poverty, 40.1% of all children that live in Atlanta are living
in poverty, 52.6% of all children that live in Cleveland are living
in poverty and 53.6% of all children that live in Detroit
are living in poverty. How bad are things going to be when the economy
gets even worse?
#109 If Bill Gates
gave every single penny of his fortune to the U.S. government, it would only
cover the U.S. budget deficit for about 15 days.
How in the world can we justify putting so much debt on to the backs of future
generations?
#110 How do you
want the story of your life to end?
#111 Will the
years ahead find you cowering in fear or will they find you enjoying
greater adventures than you ever dreamed of?
#112 If you had
the opportunity to tell everyone in America one thing, what would it be?
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