Frozen in Fear, The New American Story

Where is the leadership? Where is the direction? Where is the American Spirit? I ask these questions because I believe that the biggest problem facing America is FEAR. Franklin Roosevelt said it most directly, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." We have become paralyzed by inaction. We would rather sit back and whine then find bold sweeping solutions. We would rather let our "so called" leaders take us down the path of timidity, then step forward and embrace a challenge and solve problems. The leadership today has us so afraid of debt that instead using the solution of rebuilding America, we want to quietly give up the fight and let them drive us down the road of destruction. We have trillions of dollars in worth in America that is sitting idle, while a small group of the elite, consolidate their wealth and power. This money could be put to use rebuilding our infrastructure and getting people back to work with good paying jobs. Corporate leaders no longer look at the long term growth of their companies, they only want short term profits. They fear the future, where the business leaders of the past embraced the idea of plowing money back into development, the CEO's today are afraid that the bonus money will dry up and they will have to cut back to only three homes. This is the point where people will accuse me of not wanting wealth to grow. I am actually the opposite. I want wealth to grow, but for the right reasons. I do not care that Steve Jobs and Apple create new products that consumers demand and then they grow their wealth. They create jobs and something of value. I do not begrudge car manufacturers from making the next generation of autos that fly out of the showrooms. Again they create jobs and products that are needed. I have problems with financial service industry wealth that is created by manipulating the system and robbing people, by betting both sides and without them having to assume the risk. That is where the greatest amount of wealth was created in the last 20 years. I am angry that deregulation allowed and still allows, this industry to go unchecked. Watch the movie, "Inside Job." This will open many eyes, if you are really concerned about the direction of our country. Today people are afraid that if they dare to confront the rich and powerful they will be crushed. The opposite will happen. If we loose the fear of failure and confrontation we will succeed in bringing down the corporate structure that has taken over the direction of America. We will defeat the greed. We will defeat the complacency. We will, the people, lead and form the future of our country. Defeat fear!