Dear Blog,
Today I watched the news for the first time in 2 years, and it turns out I shouldn't have. The economy is collapsing, gays still don't have equal rights, and China now owns the United States. Apparently, the prosperity that has existed since my conception has merely been a fluke, and the world is ready to return to its natural ways of chaos. There are many travesties erupting from the corpse of democracy and peace all over the world, and though a few months ago I might have completely doubted the Mayan prophecies of the apocalypse in 2012, I am now starting to see a bit of truth in them. My current focus, however, is on the U.S. economy and the debate over whether or not and how much, the government should get involved. I believe that the situation with the economy is extremely important, because it is downturns such as the one we are facing now that cause shifts in power throughout the world. If this recession manages to turn into a depression, our lives as we know them shall forever be altered or ended. The only reason that we managed to get out of the last depression was because of the stimulation provided by WWII, however, if we had a WWIII it would probably be a nuclear war and spell the end for all of us.
Luckily, I believe there is a solution to the economic issues that can prevent a depression and it lies in a world investment. Most would argue that this investment should be in green energies, but I do not believe that this will be enough. While green energies may eventually be a stimulant to the economy, they are too long term and we need something short term to dump money into right now.
My solution is that we should start another space race. A space race would stimulate the economy by creating new jobs and technologies very rapidly, and it would allow friendly competition between nations in place of war. I of course don't have any proof to support this, but I believe that it is an exciting thought, and perhaps a much better investment then the constant and futile bailouts of our largest companies that probably deserve to fail.
