Economic Downturn Has Finally Arrived!!

[HALEY]

Marilyn, she is making that on paper only, she is into personal care, and she and her husband only make around 9.00 an hour with all the overhead they have, round the clock workers, lpn's on duty, and the things they have to claim for income is crazy, she pays her personal care home mortgage and that is considered income! I never heard of that in my life, she said its crazy.. they had to cut back some on the groceries buying store brand and shopping at Sam's club cause there prices are going up.. crazy...
And your right where does this madness end?? it's funny when the steel industries were being shipped over sea's where was the goverenment to help the millions of steel workers that lost there jobs and were an industry that's still hurting today. we want money too.. but were not going to get it.. we laid off and fired thousands of people since Sept. you don't see any of this in the newspapers why?? it makes my blood boil!!!
And Gm workers are making with benefits $ 47.00 an hour and with nothing new on the car markert, no fuel effiency cars ... let them close if you ask me.. there not competative with the foreign market... why put the money is a failing business?

[Marilyn]

We were talking about it today. Gas is down to $1.83 per gallon here. Diesel is $2 something. The grocers and everyone else raised their prices because the price of gas and diesel was so high that their costs had gone up. Has anyone seen the price of groceries and other consumer goods drop since the gas prices have dropped????

[HALEY]

groceries are going up around my area like crazy, i was emailed a list of department stores that are going to be closing soon, so sad...