[Moonman62]

Tell it to my friends in the telecom industry, where its an outright depression.

In terms of lost wealth and lost economic opportunity this is one of the worst economic downturns our country has ever experienced.

[Alberta's Child]

In terms of lost wealth and lost economic opportunity this is one of the worst economic downturns our country has ever experienced.

Interesting point, but when you consider that much of the "wealth" that was lost was nothing more than Enron-style smoke and mirrors (in other words, it never existed in the first place), this hasn't been bad at all.

[B4Ranch]

And we are 3 trillion ($3,000,000,000,000.00) in debt. How does that get paid off and by whom? Dammit, we have to pay the bill for this nonsense!