Just to survive...

Ok... So I am officially NOT feeling this economy...  I mean... I already hated it because of how fast the price of a loaf of bread is increasing and how my paycheck keeps magically declining at the same time, but that's another issue. 

This man pictured above, also known as the "black power Olympian", is now selling his gold medal.  I DO NOT LIKE THIS! How, after all these years of being looked at as almost an icon in black history for making this statement, can you sell the very thing you fought SO HARD to obtain; through the numerous struggles in an effort to simply be considered an equal human being; during a time of segregation and extreme prejudice?! You make a statement like this and now you need a little money and say you want to "share it with the people"?!?

No. 

You don't want to share it with the people... The economy has completely bankrupt you and this is all you have left; so you sacrifice a priceless item and throw it to the wolves for them to devour.  All I can do is shake my head... This is sad... and no, I don't blame President Obama, nor do I expect him to be a "savior" because he inherited this garbage of an economy from 8 YEARS of Bush and Cheney; who both spent their entire time in office preparing the nation for their own personal retirement. This isn't a Democrat or Republican thing; this is a "we need to figure something out before ALL of us end up in the soup bowl line singing the theme song for The Jefferson's like it was 'We Shall Overcome'" type of thing. This is the time where you can have a job and TWO legitimate "side hustles", like many who I know, and STILL be under employed. 

I honestly feel sorry for him... And, although I posed the "how could this be" type of question above, I also completely understand his move. Unfair as it may be, I guess you gotta do what you gotta do in order to get where you gotta get; or in this case,  just to survive.