You people with an axe to grind are a freepin' hoot!
Do you know how many FReepers are out of work? Some talk to us on the FReepathon thread. Some even try to send money. They are distraught because it's not as much as it used to be but they send it.
Is the economy booming? No? Keep your fantasy problems. Apparently you enjoy them more than the truth.
*shrug* Think whatever you want, but it isn't the economy that's extending what used to be a 10 day process to ~80 days. There's a much more fundamental issue than that, and it's the one I've described.