Moneychanger and His Wife

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Quentin Massys, Moneychanger and His Wife, 1513

Everyday families are praying their economic status will keep them afloat.  Today Americans are experiencing high unemployment rates and substantial drops in income.  Statistics clearly imply the economy “is down the drain.”  As one of the technological advanced and richest nations, The United States has homeless citizens on its streets.  Congress and the executive branch should feel a shock of embarrassment.  Since Obama took office, the average income dropped from 55,198 to 50,058 dollars. The employment rate increased from 5 to 7.8 percent.  And 14 million more people are on food stamps.  The question is: how can we allow this? 

As becoming president in the 2009 recession, citizens did not believe unemployment rates would be perfect or the increase of national dept. would end.  But over four years, we trusted the economic situations would be substantially better. Under Obama, gas prices raised $1.24 more than he first took office, not to mention other commodities.  Obama also spent 40 cents extra for every dollar the US barrowed, leadings us 9 trillion more dollars in dept.  Obama’s radicle spending takes money from US jobs and other US benefits.  And the American people simply cannot afford this.  

In The Moneychanger and His Wife, a couple experiences the same situation.  The only differences between now and then are: the man on the moon, inventions galore, and overcoming fatal diseases (just minor details).  Why can’t modern society solve poverty?    

In conclusion, the man in the mirror symbolizes the federal government.  Either high inflation to a decrease in income, the government controls the regulations, interest, and the economy. 





 

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