This is a paper I wrote and was asked to publish for my English class. It's a contraction on a paper I did earlier on this year.

The past months have filled many with a growing anxiety and apprehension for the future as the financial pressures of today, worsening from the effects of the recession, become too much for some to bear. Yet, while some fight against the ever increasing weight of debt, there are countless stories where someone has come, relieving in some way the burdens that bind these people, which then enables them to turn to other labors renewed. Today, when many still struggle, the hope for the economy lies in each of us, who have hands able to reach out.

Because the shock on consumer spending is rattling our whole economy so entirely, it’s clear that recovery and future prevention will involve a change on all our parts. Letting some stay at the bottom without aid would only increase the number of homeless and therefore decrease the ability of many to develop in our economy as contributors. The government has turned to increase government spending, stimulating present demand while cutting investments and putting a heavy debt on future generations. This practice, while immediately effective, is only a quickest fix.

To make an economy capable of weathering this and future storms, every one of us must realize our part in spending our time, money, and efforts to invest in the power of others. Then each giver, inspiring the receiver to follow, will become a stone in the formation of an economy where each person can build on the next, and then everyone may be securely supported together.