I will take your word that there is no recovery. (And I am *not* being flippant when I say that.)
The whole recession has had a surreal air about it living where I do—Riley Co. Kansas—at the height of the recession, the least economically stressed county in the U.S. according to, I think it was the AP, and on a county-by-county maps of job losses and gains, over the past year the county with the biggest job *growth*.
Relocating military units to Ft. Riley had everything to do with it. Gov $ as part of the force realignment. The crews in eastern Ks that are still working are driving 2 hrs to and back to your location since there’s no work here.
Sebelius pay back? KSU got the bio-terror lab.