Somewhere in the universe are all of our missing mates to a sock, right? Sucked out through the dryer into the vortex of a sock planet orbiting an unknown sun in an undiscovered system....right? Isn't that where they are? No....even though when we move or (really) clean we often find some of those missing socks, some simply never re-appear. But, they ARE somewhere, even if the dog ate them. We just don't see them.
It's no secret that as even the most of simple minds (let's say, mine...) reads the news and listens to the 'plans' of government to 'fix' our fiscal situation something is askew...or, 'off' somewhere. Hold on and roll with me if you will....I'm a simple home-maker and even I know there is no validity in 'Lost Sock Economics'.
Where has all the money GONE? It has to be somewhere, right? I mean, if it were in a company, that company did pay someone until they went out of business. Those people had to buy something. Houses have been purchased in the past for what was a secured amount and payments have been made so, where IS all the money?
Money, backed by gold or backed by fictional credit simply does not vanish like a lost sock. Somewhere - someone is either hiding it or feeding it to their dog. Which could explain why soon the dollar may not be worth, well, much more than dog poo? (Sorry, sad attempt at a joke).
I know, my mind is somewhat warped and I don't even care to 'get it' when someone tries to explain it to me because it sounds like so much 'spin' anyway. What can these following 'proposals' do to locate what was already in circulation at some point:
- · The new Global Currency.
- · Printing new (pretty, shiny and clean) money.
- · Cutting consumer spending, yet taxing some elements of it.
- · 'Stimulating' our economy with 'surprise' money from...(somewhere? where did they get it, no really....is it real? Did they find the sock planet too?)
To simplify it - to make the old set of socks usable again, I cannot go out and get a new ONE to match the old one. I have to get a pair; this is leaving a spare, yet again. The only way to fix the whole dilemma is to find the lost sock. Potentially wash and mend it and put it back into circulation with its mate, otherwise even the mate becomes obsolete.
The way I see our current economic situation being handled is that we ARE headed for a "Lost Sock Economy" with no real answer and a lot of missing elements to function properly.
But if the term "Lost Sock Economics" gets coined - I want some royalties 
- uh, no really....my idea...
my phrase.....
....send cash when you say/use it....
and then, I'll go buy stuff and the cashier, manufacturer, retail store and gas station will get paid because of what I purchased with the money you send me and we can send these 'socks' back into circulation.
Donna Miller is a work-from-home wife and mother with three home-school graduates. She delighted to share her trials and triumphs of learning to homestead anywhere. The Millers own and operate
