I listened with half an ear to the news as an economist pretended he was “Chicken Little.” You know Chicken Little—the critter that went around chirping, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”
That fella said we are entering a recession (you need degrees and stuff to tell you that?). He said that we would have an economic downturn, and when we get the tax rebates our President has arranged, the economy will pick up for a short while, then plummet again before it’s on the mend.
I got my Sweet Spousal Unit, who knows how to do all sorts of handy things, to chart this on a graph so that you could see it:
With a totally straight face, the economist called it a “W-shaped Recession.”
Well, what do you expect under the leadership of
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My poor husband has found, through his brother’s genealogy hobby, that he’s a distant cousin to the Current Occupant and the VP. He’s not handling it well.
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Oh, I’m so sorry for him
Fortunately, your husband can overcome his genetics. But, don’t go around telling everybody!!! 
The W recession.
Bwahahahahahaha.
It would be funny if it weren’t so sad. Living overseas but getting paid in dollars, I’ve been hit with a 20% REAL paycut (!!!) over the past year because of that man.
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It IS kinda sad…and though I blame Bush (because he’s handy…and such a good target), there are a lot of other factors in the equation. I have to laugh, but that doesn’t mean I’m not frightened about where this is all going.
The W Factor! I have to say, it’s pretty bad around here. The next town over is generally pretty wealthy. Not Bill Gates wealthy, but certainly not hurting for anything. I can’t even tell you how many homes are in foreclosure there.
My hubby says at the police department there’s a big surge in auto repos, too. Lenders are obviously getting very nervous!
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It’s bad everywhere, Jessica. This weekend in the Dallas Fort Worth area, there was a huge auction with more than 100 homes going on the block due to foreclosures. It’s scary. But for the Grace of God, it could be us!
W. right. I’m concerned about this recession, though. I’m not so sure it will go up… I think there are more underlying forces at work. Oil scarcity. Food prices rising.
I’m afraid I agree with you on that, Mother Pie, but I’m like a turtle with my head pulled into the shell. We’ve got food prices rising like crazy, and there are more forces working on that than just the economy. Weather factors ruining crops, honeybees dying….I can’t blame it all on George, but he’s “convenient.”
“Sweet Spousal Unit” – utterly classic. I’ll include this in my other husbandly referral words (which include Fuzzbin (as our kids are fuzzes), Starlan Huzb (as we’re geeks) etc.
Enjoy,
Barbara
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I got tired of using DH, so I use SSU…:lol: