And they say things are getting better. . .

[msm859]

I am.... For his ineptness... Obummer will go down as the worst president in modern history even worse than the peanut farmer from Georgia....

Exactly how is he worse than Bush? Has he taken a vibrant economy with a surplus and utterly destroyed it?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3015540/US-Budget-Deficit-or-Surplus-1960present

Has he started 2 unsustainable wars - 1 on false pretenses?
Did he approve the United States torturing?
Was it under his watch that we began the largest financial meltdown since the Great Depression?
What exactly should/could Obama have done different so far?

[frogger]

Sure it's getting better. I've got a bridge for sale too.......

[dakota112]

What worries me most is the amount of civil unrest that is sure to develop when more and more people become homeless with their joblessness. They too have families and need to provide for them and will do anything to survive. If our govt is unwilling or can't defend our country from illegal aliens than they surely won't protect its citizens from the crimes of legal citizens. Obama and his ilk are a curse on this country. I don't see this situation improving in my lifetime even long after Obama is thrown out. I recently drove cross country and almost all towns and cities are suffering his ill conceived economic plan to destroy the average hard working family.

[bulletproof77]

I'm still waiting for my high dollar "green job".....Like THAT will ever happen..Even though I made the mistake of voting for him, Obama has turned into an elitist who can't see the forest from the proverbial trees..Out of all his promises, he has yet to fulfill one..Wasn't HAMP such a big success..?

[msm859]

I'm still waiting for my high dollar "green job".....Like THAT will ever happen..Even though I made the mistake of voting for him, Obama has turned into an elitist who can't see the forest from the proverbial trees..Out of all his promises, he has yet to fulfill one..Wasn't HAMP such a big success..?

Well you didn't make a mistake voting for him -- your really didn't have much of a choice. Sadly we have little hope with the D's and no hope with the R's.

[jjim120]

One simple rule by the Obama administration would have done some good. Tell the big banks that the money they got was to be used only to shore up and fund those good loans that they were behind on funding, most of which were commercial and real estate construction loans. that rule would have forced the banks to take care of what they had promised, kept businesses going on projects they currently were involved in, kept workers on the job, and limited the number of housing mortgage failures. Instead, Treasury Sec. Geithner issued the statement that banks should only use the federal money for NEW loans, not existing ones, giving the big banks the green light to screw over their borrowers right and left and place the good projects into the pockets of insiders' new companies for pennies on the dollar. Is is any wonder that businesses throughout the nation are scared to do anything or hire anyone? As long as such corruption is sanctioned and encouraged by the federal government, no middle class business has a chance.

[UghUghUgh]

I won't get into a political debate here. LOL

I will say though that in my area you would not know there was any kind of recession. Every fast food place and restaurant chain is packed 7 days a week at all hours. Enormous homes are being built and LIVED IN. I cannot believe that someone can actually afford them. New strip malls are popping up all over with high end stores and the parking lots are packed. Man, I hope they are all not living on credit.

[tobee43]

ugh, i really think it depends on where one is...

interesting...when we came to where we are now the sub divisions where full of houses for sale and foreclosures....and it's still going on.

our daughter left her house up north and just moved to nc....it's booming there...they can't get enough teachers because of the influx of people ....caterpillar is opening a new factory...the military is opening up a huge officers base....the properties are still really high..there are few good deals around that area...

i guess it's just where you are?

[ccsjoe]

Yup, it's both ways where I'm at. A couple areas are flush with people and cash, yet some others in the same zone are full of empty homes....most notably where the largest home building expansions happened in the last 8 years or so.

[ryan]

....and banks like Chase jp Morgan are reporting huge profits (thanks to the Federal Government saving their bacon).....so they are staffing up to sue every little guy who can't pay his 30% interest CC.....

As a country, we have handed the hangmans' noose to our own executioner.

[tobee43]

....and banks like Chase jp Morgan are reporting huge profits (thanks to the Federal Government saving their bacon).....so they are staffing up to sue every little guy who can't pay his 30% interest CC.....

As a country, we have handed the hangmans' noose to our own executioner.

sorry to say...ain't that the truth!

[researchnerd]

I'm seeing mixed results here in metro Atlanta. On my way to work, I pass two incomplete subdivisions that have been completely dead for 2+ years and are now beginning new home construction in earnest. On the other hand, the AJC reported last week that foreclosures are up 59% over the previous month, mostly due to long-term unemployment.

In terms of politics, IMO, all politicians suck, and they are all useless. We have had such abysmal choices in the last few elections that voting seems completely pointless. In the words of Pete Townshend: Meet the new boss...same as the old boss...

[drowning123]

In terms of politics, IMO, all politicians suck, and they are all useless. We have had such abysmal choices in the last few elections that voting seems completely pointless. In the words of Pete Townshend: Meet the new boss...same as the old boss...

Totally agree! I've said this for years.

[wnguyen]

Well you didn't make a mistake voting for him -- your really didn't have much of a choice. Sadly we have little hope with the D's and no hope with the R's.

I have no hope with neither the D's nor the R's. I was desperate then and bankrupt now. And we as a country are in deeper hole.

[ccsjoe]

I have no hope with either party, I think we need a true independent party/group that represents that best interests of the people and nation and has the b@lls to fix what needs to be fixed and do away with the unfixables in our economy, damn the special interests and lobbiers. In addition, I think we need to very rapidly look at fixing ourselves internally before fixing the world. As a first step in this direction of fixing ourselves internally, I have filed BK. It takes b@lls, doesn't it? We all know this. That's what our country needs. I, for one, although hate being in the position that I'm in with having to file BK, am putting myself in a position to be better off in spite of surrounding problems! That's my story and I'm sticking to it.