by Jorge Herrera

Created on: March 22, 2009   Last Updated: March 27, 2009

Is it me or the Government? Whose responsibility it is to solve the crisis we are getting deeper in as time goes by; We are bombarded with everyone's opinion about how bad is it getting, who is it to blame and how can the actual economic recession, depression, deflation, should be handled.

As per many experts we are entering into un-chartered territory, unprecedented times and the question comes out more relevant now, who should be responsible for my future, me or the government? The Government is making all kind of controversial moves that will have a definite effect on our lives, the axiom is that doing something is way much better than doing nothing, but what if that doing something is the wrong move and aggravates the problems; and what about us? Are we doing something? Are we waiting for the Government to take absolute control of our situation and change it, even if it is to make it worse? When we go to apply for a job that does not appeal to us, or for a hand out; doesn't it need getting out of our comfort zone, wake up earlier than normal and bear conditions we do not normally stand in our everyday day routine? Why not channeling that energy we use at getting the Government help in doing something we really want to do, something we always wanted to do but we did not have the time before because we were completely absorbed by our daily routine.

This crisis time offers us the best field and conditions to give it a try to fulfill our dreams; there is a need to solve many problems, energy problems, we need alternative ways to produce energy to fuel our country and rip apart the dependency on foreign countries. We have a huge health system problem; it is popular knowledge that the cost of getting sick it is prohibited, we simply can not afford to get sick in this country; this offer opportunities for an entrepreneur to come up with ways to keep us healthier, promoting healthier food, healthier eating habits, healthier exercise routines, invention of devices that can offer protection and improvement in our health.

We have a gigantic economic crisis; we now talk of trillions like a few years before we talked about millions and there is a humongous difference if you investigate the math; and what is worst is, we relate those trillions to debt, not savings or profit or productivity; so there is opportunity to work on teaching the American citizens the right way to use money, to get the American citizens one and each of us contributing to turn that spiraling trend around; those advisers can promote savings and sound economic principles, along with disciplined life to get us away from the immediate gratification and entitlement mentality.

Let's take advantage of this opportunity to find within ourselves the strenght and show the best of us looking for solutions to our problems and to help solve the problems of our country.

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