5-4-09

Lately the economy has been down and everyone is upset.As young adults in our area I wonder if all this really effects us as much as everyone else . I hear everyday about the economy but never how it affects you. People would say "oh the economy, the economy" but that's basically all. I just saw another news story about how hundreds of people were fired. I have not met any of these people and that is what brings up the question. Should we care if its not affecting us?. I think we should. Even if your financially stable and your parents still have their job you should care, maybe even consider yourself lucky. It will only get worse if everyone thinks that it wont affect them. Its like during the roaring twenties where everyone thought prosperity will not end. Instead now we feel that it cant get worse so allot of us don't worry. I know at the beginning I was not worried because that was how the stock market is it goes up and down. I didn't know enough to know that it could be serious. So is there anything we can do to fix it?. Honestly I do not know what we can do to fix it but we should be able to understand what exactly is going on or how we could help. Other then that we pretty much have to rely on the government to make sure you keep your jobs.