| We normally do not think that health is
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| | American" banners or political rhetoric
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| related to economics other than with
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| | about treaties, minimum wages and
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| regard to the costs of medical care. But
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| | outsourcing. The global economy is here
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| there is another more fundamental way
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| | to stay and that will mean the American
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| money impacts our wellbeing. If you
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| | standard of living will retract and the
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| could not pay your bills or had to worry
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| | developing world's will improve. Expect a
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| about where the next meal would come
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| | decline in the standard of living,
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| from, would you be thinking about health,
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| | falling wages and investment insecurity.
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| or survival? When we are trying to stay
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| | Government is not the solution, since it
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| alive moment-to-moment we don't think
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| | produces nothing but only takes.
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| about food choices, supplements, organic
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| | Government saps an economy, it does not
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| farming, animal welfare or environmental
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| | create it. The more that government is
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| issues. Those considerations are a
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| | hands off, the better the economic
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| "luxury" dependent upon economic
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| | vitality. A robust private sector
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| capability. But they are a luxury we
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| | economy (environmentally responsible), on
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| must have if we are to live a reflective
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| | the other hand, is not the enemy as it is
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| life and survive on planet Earth. Without
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| | so often portrayed, but is critical to
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| a robust economy, you can pretty much
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| | financial vitality.
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| forget about people being environmental,
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| | Capitalism is not in itself a demon since
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| health conscious, or even civil to one
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| | it merely provides the mechanism for
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| another. In starving nations, war is
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| | prosperity and with that the opportunity
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| endemic, disease rampant and the
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| | for a society to focus on matters of
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| environment is only a raw material to be
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| | health and altruism. It works well if
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| ravaged to hopefully live to the next
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| | ambition and hard work, not merely greed,
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| day.
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| | are its tools.
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| The emerging world economy will
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| | The inevitable decline of our standard of
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| ultimately place great economic stress on
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| | living is an inevitable and irreversible
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| the United States. It already has.
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| | trend for the foreseeable future. It
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| Thousands of jobs are being lost to
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| | should concern us not because we want to
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| overseas companies employing workers
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| | see American super abundance continue,
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| requiring a fraction of the wages
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| | but because those who are unaware and get
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| demanded here. People in America
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| | caught as casualties in this economic
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| increasingly try to maintain a standard
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| | downturn will suffer in so many ways.
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| of living through debt. This is great
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| | The world is no longer business as usual.
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| for all the banks popping up on almost
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| | Good health is not just about diets,
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| every street corner, but bad for the
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| | supplements, organic foods and aerobics.
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| people. Just in the past year there have
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| | It's also about being safe, like driving
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| been almost two million personal
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| | carefully, not standing on the top of a
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| bankruptcies declared.
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| | stepladder, wearing safety glasses when
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| To compete in the marketplace, companies
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| | chipping stone...and working hard,
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| must keep their costs down. If that
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| | keeping our financial house in order and
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| means shifting manufacturing elsewhere,
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| | supporting societal choices that do the
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| that's what will be done. India, China
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| | same.
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| and other Eastern rim countries are the
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| | Life is not surety, and neither is our
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| beneficiaries of this shift in
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| | economy. Nevertheless, hard work and
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| manufacturing and labor pool. While
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| | prudent management will never be replaced
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| American workers are clamoring for things
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| | and is as close to security as we can
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| to return to the way they were with high
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| | ever get. It, not entitlements and
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| wages and generous benefits, workers in
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| | guarantees, is what ultimately creates
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| developing countries are happy as can be
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| | the financial footing we need for good
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| having a job for five dollars a day.
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| | health and a sustainable, better and more
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| This trend will not go away with "buy
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| | peaceful world.
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