Is it just me?

Thanks for your post. There is something else I didn't mention that you can watch and see exactly what I am. You can go into any supermarket and a dozen different brands of the same item. There are all kinds of prepared foods and quick cook foods. If you will pay close attention some of these items are no longer on the shelves and more are falling every day. These are items we can live without and things have gotten so tight people can no longer afford them. American companies and American workers produce most of these items. When someone like Kraft has to shut down the production of an item it means laying off people. This is where most of the unemployment is coming from. Far too much of our economy was being supported by the sale of junk items that we want but don't really have to have. The same thing is happening in the auto industry. People can no longer afford all the bells and whistles that were being put on all the cars. You will soon see smaller simpler cars coming out with reduced prices. India is already shipping one of their little cars into the US. It is called the TATA. It is a very small simple car that gets 60 MPG and the suggested retail price on it is $2,500 new. People are being forced to think smaller and cheaper. There is one to watch that will be a warning. That is Wal Mart. If their sales start to drop off, if they haven't already, then you better get ready for some hard times. I pray that it doesn't effect the diesel full that runs out trucks that hauls all the consumer goods. If it does it will effect our food supply and when that happens we have had it. Scared hungry people are the most dangerous animal God made. Just keep your eyes and ears open and pay close attention and you will get the real picture of what is going on. Art

Art, Yes, we do still have a long way to go before we hit the bottom, but hit it we will. All of these things are intertwined and they all affect each other. If mankind can grow up and work together, in harmony with each other and nature; we can find a way to overcome all obstacles. The government that we have now, as well as almost all of the large institutions tend to be reactive rather than proactive. That is why things have gotten as out of hand as they have. We wait until there is a crisis then react to it, rather than see the signs of one coming and act to prevent it. The banking and Wall Street debacles are perfect signs of this. The government didn't do anything in advance, because that's not how they operate. Alot of ppl are now blaming the government for not stopping this "way back then". But they aren't set up for that, either legally or mentally. What is needed is a complete change in how we think, act, react, etc. That kind of change doesn't come easily at all. It will require drastic changes in our entire society and, unfortunately, those kind of changes usually only come with great trauma first in order to cause those changes. When we see a complete world-wide economic collapse and famine here in America, only then will we take notice and begin reacting. People just don't put their differences aside and work together for the common good otherwise. Without the stimulus of great trauma of some sort, it's business as usual and the petty bickering continues over trivial philosophical differences. David

our right David. I think we are just before getting one heck of an education that will stay with us for along time. You are also right about everything all working together. The more jobs lost the less sales which means even more jobs lost. I don't think there is anything anyone can do to stop the fall. It is feeding on it's self from within. The farther we go the wider it will spread and it isn't going to stop until it has destroyed the very foundation of our economy. We built out house on sand and it will not stand. Art