Asha Anujeeva

I’ve often felt that too many people pursue the big bucks jobs instead of the emotionally rewarding nonprofit jobs that our country desperately needs.  I think one of the reasons for that might be that when children are growing up and attending school that there is so much emphasis on the importance of trying to make as much money as possible.  And I have to say that the economic instability of the country doesn’t help much!

I think it would be great if more attention was focused on how rewarding a nonprofit career can be to a person.  One of the problems with non profit jobs, though, is the general idea that the jobs themselves are low paying.  And that may be true.  I think that has a lot to do with the obscenely low minimum wage laws in this country.  People cannot survive on minimum wage, and that is a crying shame.  One thing is for sure though, I’m glad that I’m not the one in charge of fixing all of this country’s problems!

I’ve been hearing that a well known businessman wants to run for president.  Although I’m not surprised that he has that kind of confidence, I think that I would have some real concerns about his very public heated mud-slinging and insult-swapping incidences, and how that would relate to the international diplomacy that leading a country requires.

What do you think?  Do you think that a guy who has that quick a temper should be put into such a powerful position?

Good grief!

I am gobsmacked by all of the political unrest going on around the world lately! I cannot imagine even for a minute that the governor of Wisconsin truly believes that there is not going to be huge political fallout for what he has done to damage the working class people of his state. I truly never thought I’d see the day when union busting tactics would go to that extreme. Sure, I’d expect that in the private sector, but never in the public sector. To be perfectly honest, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if everyone who was directly effected by that decision just up and quit their jobs! What a mess that would leave!

I keep hearing about how some people in the government want to privatize Social Security. These people say that the taxpayer should be able to invest their own money and not depend on the government to invest it. That sounds to me like there might be a powerful lobby of investment services companies behind it!

I can’t imagine that the average American would be able to take the time to do all of the very important research needed to make privatized Social Security work for them. The whole idea of Social Security was to provide a guaranteed living income when one retires. Noble goal, but we all pretty much know that Social Security is not living up to its promise, and it probably never will. What is the answer? I really don’t know, and I’m glad I’m not the one responsible to come up with the answer!

All I know is that in addition to Social Security, I’m doing my best to invest in an IRA and my company’s 401K.  Hopefully the combination of the three will be enough to take care of me in my old age.

I love the way that Stephen Colbert explains the tax bomb and the trickle down economics theory. Take a look: