My sincere and heartfelt apologies...

I would like to extend my heartfelt apologies to my great-great-great grandchildren. I am sorry that your country's lack of foresight and refusal to learn from the past left you with a national debt the likes of which you can never never pay off. I'm sorry that the leaders of my time were too wrapped up in 0ne administration's scare tactics and bribery schemes to truly realize that we could have pulled ourselves out of this financial crisis in its infancy by lightening the tax load for businesses and the middle class; by insisting that the unions loosen the stranglehold they have on American manufacturing; by recognizing that those who make money, spend money and those who live off of programs continue to live off of programs; by understanding that consumer confidence is one of the primary influences on the economy and bribery by fear in order to pass pork and to prop up the dozens of "organizations" that support the "puppet presidency" that actually only 52% of the American people elected (don't let your history books tell you any different!), is what is driving the middle class even deeper into their wallets furthering the downward spiral.

I extend further apologies to the society and country in which you are likely being raised. I know it may seem like an impossibility but once, in the USA we had what was called a Middle Class. A population of citizens that worked for what they owned, fought for what they believed and recognized that sometimes you just don't get what you want. You may ask, what happened to this middle class? They were fed lies that the government would take care of them and supply all that they needed in healthcare, education, housing but they didn't realize that they were paying for these things in higher taxes, less money in their pockets, reduced level of care, no influence on their retirement or investment decision making and a government that worked against them and their basic beliefs. They got lazy and got a system that was designed to screw them and destroy their existence.

I’m sorry that the people of the US in my time were so caught up in the thought that someone else will make it better for us, will fix us, will take care of us that we lost our way. That we were so concerned about the few, we lost sight of the many.

I hope the history books haven’t lied to you too badly.

Take care of yourselves; now you better hurry before the milk and bread line gets too long!