Things are Getter Better

 

My back surgery was 10 weeks ago tomorrow...  and while I still walk with a walking stick, my walking time to complete a mile has gone from 48 minutes down to 31 minutes...  and now I make no stops whereas when I first started I was stopping twice...   IMPROVEMENT...

But, it took me 10 weeks to get here and believe me those 10 weeks were very stressful on me as I am used to healing quickly...

But, things are getting better...  which is why I thought of the song Getting Better  by the Beatles...

We don't think of The Beatles much anymore but they were popular between 1960 and 2000...  now we have groups whose lyrics are no longer profound...  sadly, music is not getting better...

My life changed moderately after I had my heart attack and again a little more moderately after I was diagnosed with cancer and then another cancer on top of the first one...  but, over time my body adjusted and I was able to do most of those things that a man my age was supposed to be doing...  BUT, this back surgery threw me for a loop and after 10 weeks, I am beginning to feel like I wanted to feel after 2 weeks...

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is not the light of death...  it is the light of recovery...  I will soon be 80% and maybe I will even get back to 90% but it is doubtful that a man who is 75 years old will ever get back to 100%...  too much has happened to my body for that to happen.

The reason why I will return to 80-90% is that I took care of my body all of my life...  eating healthy, exercising regularly, sleeping, no tobacco, no drugs, no alcohol...  my HIGHS came from being HIGH on life...  it is an interesting concept and not one that is often taught to our children...

A Very Personal Opinion

I am 72, almost 73, and have lived through many Presidents and many Congresses where, regardless of control in the hands of the Democrats or in the hands of the Republicans, very little has ever been accomplished that benefitted the American citizens.  For instance, compare TODAY with the 1960's and we still have the same issues/problems:

1. racial issues
2. educational issues
3. healthcare issues
4. gender equality issues
5. wealth gap issue
6. income inequality issues
7. communism issues
8. military issues
9. fighting foreign wars issues
10. immigration issues

NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN ROUGHLY 55 YEARS...

Why has this happened?

POLITICIANS...

On the other side of the coin, President Donald Trump has accomplished more in 47 months that any other President has accomplished in either FOUR or EIGHT years.  For example and before the Corona Pandemic, our economy was the greatest in our history, unemployment was the lowest in our history, and employment was the highest in our history.

Critics can argue that President Trump's tax reductions and removing restrictions/regulations on business/industries will have intended and unintended consequences sometime in the near future.  Those experts may or may not be correct but the facts remain the same, Trump has accomplished more...

A Biden Presidency will destroy/ruin all of that...

WHY?

Because he plans to REVERSE all of Trump's accomplishments and that has NEGATIVE not POSITIVE implications.

At my age, whatever happens will have very little impact on me and my wife... we will continue to receive Social Security so we don't have to worry about jobs/employment, and we have enough saved where we can pay our expenses until both of us are 95 years old.

SO...  why am I concerned?

Because...

• the wealthy will not stand for increased taxes as a whole...  some will be willing
• businesses will not stand for increased taxes/returned regulations...
• the global community will take advantage of our weakness or lack of action...
• increasing the National Debt will eventually bite us in the ASS...
• CHINA owns 1/3 of our National Debt...
• China's mililtary/Navy is greater than our military/Navy...
• the global economy is shifting towards the Far East...
• students in college memorize for the test then forget...  they retain little knowledge...

If you don't believe me, then do your own damn RESEARCH...  in a few years, I'll be dead and all of this will be on your shoulders...  

Will the US be willing to go to war with CHINA if it refuses to pay back the debt?

What happens when the wealthy refuse to give up their money and shelter it from taxes overseas?

Who pays the bills then?