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[Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] “Bernanke repeated his belief that the recession will end this year, and that the economy will start growing again later this year. But he again warned that the pace of the recovery will be slow and that unemployment — now at a quarter-century peak of 8.9 percent — will rise even after the recession ends.”
- The Associated Press 6/3/09
Do any of these people come close to having a clue? What’s with this two-faced mumbo-jumbo! These are most of the same knuckleheads who said we weren’t in a recession to begin with, when just about every American knew we were around nine months before it was “officially” announced. It’s “ending” this year, but we’re still going to be in a god-awful mess. Then, I would say, “IT AIN’T OVER, PAL!” Denial that we’re not in a recession to keep the economy moving, and then denial again that it’s ending to falsely spark the economy when it’s clearly 12-18 months from even a shadow of recovery is, well, lunacy. Of course, that’s just my opinion, as is all of what the Officials are saying. How true and accurate is the information handed to them? We have vividly seen in the past what bad advice can bring. Just because they’re Federal Employees doesn’t mean they’re correct or we have to believe them. We do need to become more hopeful and optimistic, but what we are reading and hearing, again opinion, is outright mistaken.
Are you back at work? Is your personal economy improving? Housing prices are plummeting which is great if you’re buying, but if you already own it’s a terrible nightmare. Just last week I received a notice from one of my banks that my equity line of credit has been suspended. Thanks, dude! Either they figured out my credit-to-debt ratio, the value of the property no longer supports the amount of the equity line, or most likely both. Are your friends working? Are they even getting interviews? Probably less than 5 percent. Are your neighbors or family members back to work? Are the sales being called off, malls extending hours and hiring tons more staff (holiday?), auto manufacturers building plants all over the world?
“Fresh signs emerged this week that the recession’s grip might be letting up. For starters, manufacturing’s slide is easing. Builders are stepping up spending on construction projects — including homes. And consumers aren’t cutting back as much as some had feared. ‘”What looked like a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel is now starting to look like a beacon,”’ said Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus Research. ‘”We are no longer in the deep throes of recession. A recovery may be just a few months away.”’
- McKnight’s Long Term Care News & Assisted Living
Instead of lying to us, they just need to tell the truth and be more down to earth. Pessimism doesn’t get you far, true. Prosperity is only gained by the approach one takes to get us there. Shoving information down the throats of the citizenry like it’s gospel and omniscient is not the way to make friends and influence people; we are far smarter than that. I wish the lawmakers would get out into our world more often and take a good look around. Instead of having handlers feeding dogma into the hands of legislators who in turn feed it back to us, why don’t they make things simple: Open your eyes and look beyond the office.
“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle”
- Winston Churchill
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