Harry Tran’s Daily 101

http://seekingalpha.com/article/103202-the-shallowest-generation?source=article_sb_popular&ref=tranharry.com

Wow that has got to be one of the best articles I have read in the past 3 months. One that tells it like it is, and gives it without holding anything back.

I agree on many points, the borrowing, the living beyond the means, the keeping up with the Joneses. It is all so very true.

It has come down to the fact that everyone believes in the American Dream, yet no one is ever working hard to pursue that dream anymore. We have all become sedentary in our lifestyles. We resort to creating recreational treats such as Viagra, and health food bars, all in the name of making us look more desirable and possibly more intelligent. While we kick back all the hard work and labor to other countries. We let them make the cars and the planes, and the milk and the toys. Are other countries literally taking care of our children?

We have become so blind to the fact that we no longer hold power in anything, we even got as far as believing that the average Joe needs to outsource their lives to another person in another country. Can we do anything anymore, does Jon Smith need someone in India to do their tax returns for them or what.

For the past 20 years the majority of wealth was created on the foundation of home values, whereas a country such as China has grown their wealth in taking all the jobs away from us. They took on all the “dirty jobs” there are barely any blue collar industries in America anymore and the ones that still exist only exist because we don’t have teleportation devices to beam a plumber from Thailand to your bathroom and beam him back when the job is done.

Seriously, very well written and thought provoking article. I hope those in power get that Aha moment and more of them read this article so that they can fix this so that I and my fellow Generation Yers and the Z’s AA’s AB’s and Tweens and Boppers still have a chance at a decently livable future.