Re-think the Recession

international | miscellaneous | opinion/analysis

Monday April 13, 2009 22:47

by Philip O' Rourke

phish20007 at hotmail dot com

6 ridgewood avenue

Is the Recession Real or is it just in peoples heads?

My view on the world and all its moaning about the financial diffuculties we apparently face now. Its a total farce and it is the media putting negative thoughts into our heads, and I for one i'm not that easily swayed.

Probably the most over-used word of the decade. Recession, recession, rescession. If evybody got a penny for saying it there would be no recession at all. But maybe there isn't. Okay some people have lost their jobs, and the banks are in a mess but yet people are going out more, and in my view spending more.

Maybe its a fear factor but more people are buying lotto tickets. Now correct me if i'm wrong but if I was struggling to make ends meet I would be cutting out on expenses like the lotto and scratch cards. Yet more people are gambling. I walk into a bookmakers and I see 8-10 people standing around placing bets. I would of thought that in these bad economical times that people would be trying to keep those pennies in their pockets.

The media has jumped on this and taking it way out of control. They, the media, have sent out a negative mind-set to all of us and most have listend and have been scared. Its sort of sad and frighting that the media has so much influence over the people of the world.

Also it seems people are going out more than usual, maybe they are trying to drown their sorrows but still its costs money to have fun. My point is the recession can only effect us if we let it. I think its in peoples heads. I know 2 or 3 people who looked for jobs and got offered 2 or 3 at one time which proves there are jobs out there, and good ones at that. Its a negative mind-frame that have people saying we are 'doomed' but in reality we aren't. So we cant buy that extra bit of clothing on the week-end, or we can only buy 6 pints a night instead of 10. The truth is we are still well off. I know its a bit of a ciche but think of all those people who are starving to death, all those children dying before you decide to use the word 'Recession'. We arn't in a recession. We are just living life a little slower than usual. The brakes have been put on, but you know they can not be kept on forever and soon enough we will be living life at full speed again.