News shows are bloated with commentators discussing America’s economy, its problems, ideas to fix it, the politics surrounding fixing America’s economy, but what about the individual? Protesting Wall Street? Ever notice all the cell phones, I-Pad’s, hair dye, clothing, the cardboard on which they wrote their signs, music devices carried by the protesters, and the fact that it was organized by social media; all created by evil, Wall Street corporations; a bit hypocritical for my taste. Is there anything the individual can or should be doing to help them self and help the economy.

I was watching Fareed Zakaria this morning (Oct. 9, 2011) on CNN on his show, Global Public Square (GPS) and the topic focused largely on getting America back on track. Guests included author Tom Friedman (The World Is Flat), CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz, author Michael Lewis (Moneyball) among others each identifying the underlying problems with the American economy and ideas to fix those problems. However, the ideas were focused on the big picture, macro side of economic life, what our leaders ought to do; but what, as individuals and families can we really do. (more…)