Anyone else get depressed when they think about the US economy?

Would be easy enough to fix

No.

I laugh at USA economy, world however...

Well... no. Not really. My families income is based on prices of corn produced in USA. If they grow a lot and sell it cheaper we can't make much money that year.

I get depressed when I think of the US foreign policy ;)

stop watching Fox News

let them study in germany, it's free. They'll come smarter and you save a lot of money.

not really, enough problems on my country already.

I get depressed looking at how bad my country's economy is compared to the US...

i get depressed looking at Spain's economy, unemployment and corrumption. This country seems to be the best for those people that want to steal a lot of money and finished free when will be know that they did it.

Although the mankind is experiencing the brightest time in its history so far, "the World"(people) is still pretty messed up in general. No need to get depressed on a particular aspect of it in addition.

Im glad it is this way. But Im from Russia, sooooooooooooo... :D

I'm pretty sure everyone get depressed by every country's economy that they are remotely familiar with. Especially their own countries- the turds shine much brighter than the shit pool when they are shoved right in front of your face most of your life. Cynicism FTW! :D
(Also, by that logic of course, I have to go with the fact that Bulgaria's economy is much, much, much worse.)

from what I hear, money isn't real any more. you are worrying yourself over something trivial. Almost all, if not every country is in debt to another, but if one country would try to call in their debt, another country would follow suit and it would cause mayhem. The money you hold represents whatever your country tells you. And ur pretty much crying first world problems. cus I mean cmon, not matter how much you complain about the economy and not being able to pay ur bills, you will always have your top of the line phone and relatively recent car, brought to you happily by credit.

US economy is actually doing pretty well right now, especially considering how the rest of the world is doing.

America's economy is only limping along because so much effort has been put into keeping it suppressed. If someone with brains had been in charge from the beginning, the recession would have lasted 18 months and been much less severe. The main reason for that is that the USA is being run by incompetents, and has been for some time. Yes, it's a bummer, but it would not be difficult to fix things if talented, well-qualified people were put in charge. The problem is that the voting population is largely clueless as to who is well-qualified. Compounding that difficulty is the fact that we choose our leaders in the manner of a beauty pageant rather than a corporate hiring.

Can it all be fixed? Of course it can. Will it be fixed? That remains to be seen.

The main thing that bothers me about this topic is that some (not all) people don't seem to understand that the US debt isn't as terrible as it appears. We might have the largest debt in $, but our GDP is also the largest by far. It also seems like some people aren't aware that the US is not the only country in debt, far from it. Countries like the UK are in a debt that is several times greater than their GDP. There's a difference between a poor man's debt, and that of a rich man. With that being said, we should be working to remove some of this debt but it only seems like we're going backwards.

"edited in Have never watched fox news, but people keep mentioning it. I feel like it's an inside joke.. I am on the outside =(" Fox 'News' is the joke, trust me, you've missed nothing.

No, mostly because I don't plan on having kids...

What is the problem with it?

I don't live there so i don't really know

lel privileged white people living in the USA complaining, they don't know how good is it for them. Take a look at Eastern European countries (like my homeland Hungary) for example, or Ukraine, Romania whatever (not to mention African countries, or India etc) and stop whining and be grateful for what you have.

Fun facts:

Hungary has the highest VAT in the world at 27% soon to be raised to 33%

Our minimum wage is $410 a month, which is barely enough to buy food and pay the rent/bills. (well it's not enough at all)

• rent/month $200

• bills $160

• transport $40

and you have what, $10 for food/entertainment whatever?

• it's literally impossible to find a job, you need to have "friends in higher places" even to be able to work a shit job at a supermarket or mcdonalds.

• the government is incredibly corrupt, they are a bunch of criminals exploiting the country and stealing everything they can (like stealing pension, school funding, aid for the homeless, feeding for starving children in villages)

Anyway I could go on for hours, but you don't see me bitching about it. Grow some balls man and show some fucking gratitude that you live in a privileged country with a more than functioning economy and political system.