OMG, life is so horrible. Inflation is off the hook, the dollar is in the crapper, yadda yadda yadda.
Remember when Carter left office? Interest rates were off the hook, yet the dollar REALLY was in the crapper, gas was cheaper than $4.00/gal WHEN YOU COULD FIND IT... and didn't have to wait in a line four blocks long because the gas station was only open on Tuesdays and Fridays, and there was a complete freeze on government hiring. Now THAT was a recession.
Who says we're in a recession? The media, that's who. You doomsayers need to get a clue. It's a great time to buy a house right now because interest rates are so low, and the dollar is worth way more than money in most other countries in the world. Quit your b!tching and count your bless!ngs, man.
EDIT: YOU ARE A COMPLETE @SSHOLE, MAN. IF YOU WON'T LISTEN TO ME, LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF REASON ABOVE ME, OR GO TAKE A SIMPLE ECONOMICS CLASS SOMEWHERE. THIS IS NOT SPIN, THIS IS NOT LYING, THIS IS NOT SOME KIND OF CRAZY TAKE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. TRUTHFULLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I BOTHER TRYING WITH QUESTIONS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO REFUSE TO LISTEN TO REASON, EDUCATION OR TRUTH ANYWAY. IF YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE COMPARISON I MADE BETWEEN CARTER'S B.S. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ECONOMY NOW, THEN WHY DO YOU BOTHER TO ASK QUESTIONS ON HERE? LEARN TO READ ALONG WITH LEARNING ECONOMICS, WHY DON'T YOU? There. You've succeeded in pissing me off, and that's about it.