Things are grim, but I have a feeling that we will dig ourselves out of this before much longer. ....in general, I agree, but it depends on what your definition of "much longer" is. :-) I think that The Christmas season is going to be a cold bucket of water to the face, for a lot of people. Unemployment is still high, and more critically - the number of people receiving pay cuts is not being tracked / well publicized. Anecdotally, I can think of several dozen people that I know who have taken pay cuts/mandatory furloughs. That's not including myself, or the hundreds I work with. 10% of my salary is not a fortune, but more-or-less, those are my discretionary funds that I'm a little freer with spending.
I think that if either Cap and Tax or Health Care gets passed, then we're in for a much longer road to recovery. Honest to Goodness, I've no idea if either of them will pass. I'd like to think not, but Dems have managed to muddle the issue so well that it's hard to get a good read on either one of the bills.
He is not a likable figure, and he has no sense of humor. He also uses the word “I” frequently. .......yep. That, and a lot of people wanted to be "Hip" and "Cool" and "A part of history" by voting for him. Now, they've been there and done that. On to the next American Idol in 2012.
Well, wbill, we’ll see about all of this.
I think the town meeting anger we witnessed in August and early September is a harbinger. A lot of people are very angry at what this Congress and Mr. Obama are trying to do.
Which reminds me, do you know why a beer is better than Barack Obama? Well, it’s a got a better head on it, and it won’t raise your taxes!
Keep the faith!