Economics

You'd think someone with my salary and my debt would care about economics but I don't. Maybe someday when I have more money I'll worry about it. As it is, it makes no difference to me what the stock market is doing because I don't have enough savings/stocks/property/etc. to matter. Politicians can promise whatever they want but my cash flow will change very little regardless of who wins the White House. I have a friend who worries a lot about money and I'm very happy I don't share his stress.

Gas prices don't concern me either. Whether gas is $2/gal or $5/gal, I still have to go to work while my wife has to drive 2 kids around. That means 2 cars: a 1999 compact pickup and a 2005 minivan that are both paid for. I'm not thrilled with our average MPG but I can't afford new vehicles- hybrid or not. I can't bike to work. I can't not go to work. I can't carpool. My wife can't stay home all day every day. We'll stay a 2-car family and when one of the cars dies, maybe then we'll get to upgrade our average MPG.