oldsuretyguy

Trust: The Biggest Casualty of 2008

Maybe they paid with debit cards?!


On Jan 02 11:44 AM bobbobwhite wrote:

> Most posters here seem to think that all will return to normal after
> this economic "inconvenience&amp... has passed. However, the present
> debacle is not just an inconvenience as it is not something anyone
> under the age of 85 has any experience in seeing through, and it
> may well be the end of the American way all of us have known as a
> result. We have been taught to be perpetually optimistic in the face
> of everything working against us, as that is the largest part of
> the unique American attitude toward life that is so different from
> the way life is seen in so many parts of the world. Which view is
> more realistic and helpful in the long run? That is in serious question
> these days as the American way is put to its perhaps most severe
> test in its short world history.
>
> The concept and reality of trust is based in personal honor, and
> honor seems to be a rusty leftover from the past for most of our
> greedy citizens these days in our "buy it now and pay for it later,
> maybe" society. "Show me the money" has replaced duty, honor, commitment,
> and persistence in the declining America of today.
>
> PS: At the supermarket yesterday, I saw many typical Americans pay
> for their groceries with credit cards, but all the Asians paid cash,
> every single one. Anyone with a functioning brain should see a lesson
> in that.