Come to freaking Michigan and tell anyone here that we are not in a recession. Bull. Shit.

EDIT: Btw, Michigan is currently at 7.1%. Worst in the country.


Last Edit: Apr 4, 2008 23:10:03 GMT by Josh

Wow. The only thing we need now is the stock market to drop a couple more points history will repeat itself!

Seriously though, 7.1%... thats not good. Michigan should move to Illinois

We have a Bush controlling the nation. What do you expect? All we can really do is wait until January and see what happens.

As of 04.05.08 at 01:08:35 GMT the United states Debt was

$9,439,331,522,645.55

Thats Nine Trillion Four Hundred and Thirty Nine Billion Three Hundred and Thirty One Million Five Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Five Dollars and Fifty Five Cents.

The Average Interest Rate on this is 4.7%.

At that rate the Untied States Public Debt is rising at over a Million Dollars Per Minute, and in the next few months, this can be expected to hit Ten Trillion dollars.

To pay This Debt Off, every citizen of the United States (approx. 303,749,788) would have to give their Government $31,076.01 which is More then the Lower Middle and Lower Classes in America make as an average.

The United States Owes the following amounts to the following Three Countries.

• 1.)Japan $587 Billion
  
• 2.)China $493 Billion
  
• 3.)United Kingdom $160 Billion
  

With an Unemployment Rate of 5.1% (05.08) and more people spending on Credit then they earn since the Great Depression, there can be no argument held that the Untied States is not seeing a recession, nor any question that it will soon become a second Great Depression.





Last Edit: Apr 5, 2008 1:57:27 GMT by Grace Elaine [Epic Century]

Go us! We suck!

I'm not sure we're heading towards a second Great Depression Pritchard, but a recession is definitely what this is... and it may head further unfortunately. Though a Great Depression I still doubt.

My english teacher was talking about this and he said that according to statistics, during a recession, entertainment type businesses go up (movies, videos games, music, ect).

Now would be a good time to start investing in entertainment, if possible.


Last Edit: Apr 5, 2008 2:34:40 GMT by Andrew McGivery

You do it for me and I'll pay you back if it works.

lets make a SZ movie! =o

Hey Chris - great time to jump on the GamersDorm bandwagon

An SZ movie.. that would be fun. People could be casted (or is it just cast? the word always confused me) from all over the country/world. And given a specific part. And then they film them, and then someone merges everything together?

You get right on that then.

I've got the cameras, but I'm not staying up for ten days editing that.

I heard about this on digg or somewhere, it makes me happy I live in Canada. I can't expect Canada not to be affected though...

Still trying to figure out exactly what JS stuff I want the site . (I've got all main graphical stuff done, and i finally got off my ass and learned smarty. i scrapped the db abstraction even though tweak wont stfu about it. and i'm about half done coding the system. well, i was, until last night. strange things happen when you let your mind wonder.)

tcm - be VERY glad you live in Canada!