Jeff's Commentary - 4/20 - Worried Yet?

Is anyone worried lately? We have had some interesting geological events. No snow in Minnesota or Rochester, New York in March. (We want those people to be miserable there in March so they visit Arizona for Spring Training). Earthquakes on the Arizona border that shake Phoenix. Earthquakes in China, Chili and Haiti. Now the largest Volcano eruption in years that almost buries the economy in Europe for two weeks and strands tens of thousands. Health care passes kind of sort of. Nobody knows or understands what it means because most of it doesn’t have teeth for years. Too bad if you’re sick today. Toyota makes cars that speed up on their own and don’t stop when you brake. The banks fight regulation and continue to make record, and I mean record, profits.

Then in Arizona, the legislative body passes a concealed weapons law that any Joe can go get a gun without a permit and training. The state loses a couple of million dollars in fees that we can’t afford right now. I feel safer don’t you. The state legislative body also spends time crafting a law which passes that has President Obama show a birth certificate in Arizona before seeking reelection in 2012 and appearing on the Arizona ballot. I’m exhausted by these knuckleheads still consumed with conspiracy theories that the President comes from Kenya. The economy in Arizona is one of the worst in America. The business taxes are one of the highest. The school system is one of the five worst in America and getting worse with class sizes above 40 kids in many systems. Housing bankruptcies are continuing to grow...with an outlook that is unsure at best. Have you seen the hundreds, maybe thousands of empty commercial real estate office space and strip centers around your corner?

Then I think back to the earthquakes and volcanoes and climate changes. Is anyone worried?

Jeff