Changes Are Upon Us!

Well, here comes President Trump - again! 

There seems to be "a disturbance in the force," for sure. Depending upon your point of view, this is generally good news, or bad news. I believe it is for the better, but we'll see. 

For all the talk out there, very few of us really know what is happening behind the scenes. We hear some things on “the news.” We read a few headlines, and see a few articles, or posts on Facebook, X, or Instagram. But really how much do we really KNOW? 

We hear that the U.S. - thought of as at least one of “the wealthiest countries” in the world - is possibly the most in debt! How can that possibly be? Where does all the “money” come from? To whom do we owe it? And better to ask - WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO? 

“They” say the total national debt of the U.S. is now around $36 Trillion. No one can even begin to imagine what that even means. No amount of taxation could rectify that. Yet we have nothing to fear, because Congress will vote over and over to raise the debt ceiling. 

The combined wealth of the richest 100 people in the U.S. is around $4 Trillion. Just looked it up. So if the IRS were to tax the living daylights and “their fair share” out of these wealthiest among us, taking EVERYTHING of their net worth, the country would still be short about $32 Trillion from paying its debt. 

So…where would that get us? What can we do? So just to pay the debt, each and every one of the rest of us would need to kick in right around $100,000. Every single person. I wonder if they could take a check or Venmo.

I sure don't have answers to any of that, but I do know that for anyone to want to be President of all this takes an unbelievable amount of determination, and at least a little bit of crazy. 

I do know this: we need to pray for our country, our leaders, and for one another. I trust God will see us through this time. 

Take care of yourself, and help those around you. “Love one another.” 

Blessings, always, Paul Hayden