The month of June has been the third straight month to see high sales increasing. This is great news because it was the real estate bubble that got us into this economic mess. When that starts to steady it seems the rest of things will begin to steady.
Much of house sales increasing has to do with federal and statewide credits that are being granted this year for first time home buyers. So many people are becoming motivated to get their feet wet in this market now that they see a benefit.
There are different state wide credits so you should look to see what your state is doing to encourage home sales. Maybe you could benefit from one of these incentives.
Economy, home sales increasing, June, real estate
Our government is going to make less money this year because we are not making as much money. As our income goes down we pay less in taxes and in turn we give less to our city, state, and federal governments. Because of this, people employed by the government will not be making as much money. It makes sense to think then that these employees would do all in their power to encourage funding.
I’ve been thinking about this and one way they could do this is through issuing more traffic violations. Police officers have a goal each month for giving tickets so it would make sense to think they would be motivated to go above and beyond the goal and rake in more money for the city.
As drivers we should be aware of this and be more cautious. It is funny to think as the economy slows so should our car, but in doing this we will be saving ourselves from speeding tickets and have better fuel efficiency.
A study was recently conducted analyzing the correlation between education and leisure time. What they found was very interesting.
They found that those with more education tend to have less leisure time than those with less education.
I found this so interesting because it goes against everything we have thought about the American Dream since we first learned about it in grade school. The American Dream has always been to work hard, make a lot of money, and then have tons of leisure time. Well what they are discovering is that those with more money tend to make less leisure time for themselves than those with less money,
An important thing to remember is that those with less education have a higher unemployment rate that those with more education so this is a factor beyond their control. Despite this, what concerned me most was that those with less education and more leisure time spend less quality time with their children and less time exercising.
These are two things that are important for progression and to emphasize family values so I just hope that this is a not a growing trend. I am super idealistic but I want all Americans to progress and have personal goals.
american dream, Economy, leisure time, values