{"id":5156,"date":"2021-12-16T17:53:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T22:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2021-12-17T06:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T11:57:37","slug":"a-good-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/12\/16\/a-good-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coming on Christmas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s coming on Christmas, they\u2019re cutting down trees, they\u2019re putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace<\/em>,\u201d (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY\">River<\/a> &nbsp;<\/em>by Joni Mitchell). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s almost the end of 2021, a year that, at my age, just flew by.&nbsp;&nbsp;Somehow, it seems we are always presented with the failures, the &#8220;almost&nbsp;did\u2019s but didn\u2019t\u2019s&#8221; rather than the successes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For today, let\u2019s look back at 2021, and see the good.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here\u2019s what was \u201cright\u201d with 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all,<strong> it<\/strong> <strong>wasn\u2019t 2020<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Covid is still around, but we are no longer trapped by it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Almost 62% of Americans are fully vaccinated, with another 10% partly covered.&nbsp;&nbsp;And before my anti-vaxxer friends attack \u2013  we <strong>KNOW<\/strong> that means those 62% have a much better chance of NOT getting Covid, and even a better chance of not ending in a hospital or dying from it.&nbsp;&nbsp;That\u2019s good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Big Quit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>America is learning to live with Covid.&nbsp;&nbsp;All of the economics are showing a tremendous bounce back from our enforced shut down.&nbsp;&nbsp;The current unemployment rate is down to 4.2%.&nbsp;&nbsp;That still means that almost 7 million Americans who want jobs can\u2019t find them. But we also have a new phenomenon, folks who after the shutdown decided they didn\u2019t have to get back into the work force.&nbsp;&nbsp;That\u2019s not about \u201cliving on government money\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some families found they can live on a single income.&nbsp;&nbsp;Others are part of the \u201cBig Quit\u201d, where over 4 million Americans left their old jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know the American Way: \u201c\u2026<em>work hard, boy, and you\u2019ll find, one day you\u2019ll have a job like mine\u2026<\/em>\u201d (Yusef\/Cat Stevens \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0PA2m128tgI\"><em>I Might Die Tonight<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dedicate to your \u201cforty\u201d, then go find another &#8220;twenty&#8221; in overtime.&nbsp;&nbsp;But some Americans are finding a better way, one that, as the Gen X\u2019ers say, \u201cbalances work and life\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;I don\u2019t remember much balance in my work-life, nor my father\u2019s.&nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe they are right and we were wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inflation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So there is a shortage of workers, and that\u2019s driving wages up.&nbsp;&nbsp;That might be inconvenient at the fast-food restaurant that can\u2019t keep workers at low wages, but it means that more people are living at a higher standard.&nbsp;&nbsp;That <strong>IS<\/strong> a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bugaboo of our rebounding economy is inflation.&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s lots of money around, and it\u2019s not all the government\u2019s fault.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&#8217;ve gone from over 14% unemployment to our current 4.2%, so there\u2019s lots more money in the pockets of Americans.&nbsp;&nbsp;And the supply chain is trying to catch up with booming sales.&nbsp;&nbsp;All of those new phones and computers, shoes and running suits, cars and trucks; weren\u2019t just rolling off the line while we were cooped up in our Covid-free homes.&nbsp;&nbsp;And they don\u2019t materialize overnight.&nbsp;&nbsp;Economics 101:&nbsp;&nbsp;when demand for goods is greater than the supply of goods, prices go up and when the supply catches up, prices will level off.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So keep your pants on, and your wallet in your pocket.&nbsp;&nbsp;Inflation will level off soon enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peace on Earth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s Christmas of 2021, and for the first time since 9-11, American forces are not at war, anywhere in the world.  The withdrawal from Afghanistan was ugly,  but here we are.  Eighteen, nineteen and twenty year-olds aren\u2019t patrolling the roads looking for IED\u2019s, and coming home in flag-draped caskets or physically and mentally damaged.  Ask Lyndon Johnson:  it takes political courage to be the President who said \u2013 that&#8217;s enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cbad news\u201d for 2021 is that 5.6 million children are living in poverty.&nbsp;&nbsp;The good news \u2013 that numbers is cut in half from a year ago when 12.5 million were below the poverty line.&nbsp;&nbsp;And that is a direct result of the action of the US President and Congress.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sure it cost money, but how better to spend our tax money than to help children out of poverty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Identity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no question that America is in an \u201cidentity crisis\u201d.  We are a nation in transition, becoming multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural.  Like any transition, there are those who want it to happen sooner, and those who are trying to keep it from happening at all.   But the reality is that America is not becoming \u201cminority white\u201d and \u201cmajority brown\u201d.  America is becoming majority \u201cdiverse\u201d.  The younger generations don\u2019t see race, ethnicity, and religion as the same barricades to life that my father\u2019s generation and even my own \u201cBoomers\u201d saw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an interesting statistic:&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cAccording to the most detailed of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/tables\/2017\/demo\/popproj\/2017-summary-tables.html\">Census Bureau\u2019s projections<\/a>, 52 percent of individuals included in the nonwhite majority of 2060 will also identify as white\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/06\/myth-majority-minority-america\/619190\/\">Atlantic<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perhaps the racial and ethnic polarizations of 2021 are just growing pains.&nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe, like adolescence, we will \u201csurvive\u201d the experience, and come out a more mature nation, less focused on external characteristics and more \u201cinto\u201d individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Structure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>America is already committed to fixing our roads and bridges.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are set on rebuilding our airports, and our electric transmission lines.&nbsp;&nbsp;The government has dedicated over a trillion dollars to updating our infra-structure.&nbsp;&nbsp;That\u2019s going to make life better for most Americans, and it will offer even better paying jobs to get it done.&nbsp;&nbsp;When we look forward to our economic future, not only will the \u201cfixes\u201d make our economy better; but the long-term employment opportunities will be a long-term boost.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there is more \u201cin the pipeline\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The US Senate is poised to pass the Build-Back-Better plan (in whatever form the can finally agree on).\u00a0\u00a0That will rebuild the \u201csocial safety-net\u201d that was first established by the Great Society programs of the 1960\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0It will make a nation that right now is \u201chaves\u201d and \u201chave nots\u201d &#8211; somewhat\u00a0&#8211; less divided.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christmas\u2019s Wishes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>And perhaps \u2013 just maybe \u2013 voting rights are in the works as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;That may be more of a 2022 thing.  We can hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But all these were started in 2021.\u00a0\u00a0As John F Kennedy said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAll this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are beginning.&nbsp;&nbsp;Have a Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming on Christmas \u201cIt\u2019s coming on Christmas, they\u2019re cutting down trees, they\u2019re putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace,\u201d (River &nbsp;by Joni Mitchell). 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