[LowCountryJoe]

Oh, man. I’m sorry. I didn’t even bother to check to see if this had been posted before. Very sad that the doom & gloomers didn’t touch it. As we near the actual voting portion of the primaries, the FReepers with the pessimism tendency should get all the exposure to economic literacy that can be mustered.

[1rudeboy]

Don’t worry about it . . . you know that your typical doomer is not interested in learning anything, and only appears to chant slogans.

[palmer]

FReepers with the pessimism tendency

I consider myself a realist. I love the dynamism of our economy and love entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. I had an unsuccessful startup and worked for startups (mostly unsuccessful). But as I look around at my area (75 m west of DC), there's a lot of housing-related business going up in smoke. There's a pile of rural voters waiting to vote for whoever promises a handout. I see gold price rises and have been on that bandwagon for 4 years now. I don't like to spread bad news, but I have to call it as I see it.