Thoughts about Money

It seems that some of people's stress about money might be the fact that no one is socially "allowed" to talk about it. I am not "allowed" to come right out and say that all we need to save our house is $1,000 because some people seem "threatened" by this information. I have realized that our society's fear of just talking about money is a huge part of the problem with our country's economy. I literally think that people are scared that by talking about their money, that they will become vulnerable and exposed somehow. Money itself is not a reflection of us, but how we deal with money is. Perhaps we can help each other learn better ways of dealing with money if we could just talk with each other about why it is, or is not, working.
When our family business burnt down in 2007, several times a day, people sympathetically said, "If there is anything you need, just ask." Well, I experimented with how people would react to the money conversation and I answered very honestly, "We need money to pay our bills now that we have no income for awhile," and people got soooo uncomfortable. The next thing I knew, the conversation was suddenly over.
It made me realize: how many other people do I know who really need help but are too socially afraid to just say it? What is wrong with needing help? Would our entire country be in better condition financially right now if people would just get over this fear and start talking about what is going on with our money?!?! I think that this secrecy about finances works in favor of those who are trying to control the masses. If no one is talking, face to face, about our money, then how are we going to expose the lies on a larger scale? If we as a people don't talk, they won't either.

As a light-worker, I have never enjoyed secrecy or things hidden in shadows. It must be from what I experienced as a kid, but it does get under my skin when so many people are walking around pretending that everything is hunky-dory. The reason why our government is the way it is is because every day average people are they way they are. The macrocosm reflects the microcosm. It's okay to need help. It's okay to ask for help. But why the secrecy? Can't we just talk about it? How can we help each other out of financial difficulties if we can't bring ourselves to be okay with the possibility of conversation?