Don't Just Pass the Buck-Make One

"It’s called extreme couponing, and it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Fueled by the recession and made possible by the Internet, the practice is spreading across the country. Numbers suggest it could be huge. Bargain hunters used 3.2 billion coupons in 2009. That’s not only a 23 percent increase from 2008, it was the largest one-year jump ever recorded, according to NCH Marketing Services Inc. of Deerfield, Ill."

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/05/1859265/extreme-couponer-brandie-mavrich.html

Being what I consider a typical American, I am not in favor of suffering trouble of any kind, or for any reason. Though of course being a human being, I cannot completely avoid it.

My point here is that though I am not enjoying our current economic woes, I see the good side of recession; the polite customer service, the special deals on items I couldn’t afford during the “good times” come closer to my pocket book’s reach during recession.

The thing I love best is seeing the entrepreneurial spirit that comes alive here in the Unites States, when times get tough. The lady mentioned in the article quoted above, the people creating websites about finding coupons and deals; even the bloggers discussing it, in hopes of making a buck, they inspire me to hope that our way of life might not be over. Rather than focus on those who hold out their hands, waiting for Big Daddy Government to suckle away their anguish, I am seeing the industrious, creative American Spirit, which finds the opportunity presented in troubling times and finds a way to “work it.”

IMHO, we need that same spirit to find its way back into government, by the people, and for the people.