It depends on how you're doing financially. Many economists say we're already in a recession. Some go so far as to say the next depression is right around the corner. The legislation that existed to safeguard us against that repeating has been deregulated to a frightening point. We're at a very scary crossroads in this country, and it seems that there are a number of people out there who don't see the severity of the situation because they believe their safe currently from the pitfalls of a struggling economy.
This is one of those topics that absolutely must go political, because it's administration policy that drives the economy of any country. I'll start a thread on MINet about it, lol. After the religious debate went so smoothly, with no flaming or immaturity, I feel safe in giving it another go, and that will help stave off AUP violations on TGC. That being said, I can't really comment any further on this issue here on TGC, not without seriously violating that rule and viciously assaulting the people who are definitely to blame for the economic issues we're facing today.
So I'll leave it with this... my girlfriend and I are having a
very difficult time finding a nice apartment in a nice neighborhood, because people who used to own homes are all getting apartments now. Not scum-of-the-earth people who couldn't afford those homes, either. I'm talking about decent, hardworking people who lost their homes because the banks are doing some foul, foul things here in the US, things that wouldn't have been possible had it not been for deregulation.
Edit: The afformentioned political thread is
here. It isn't about the recession so much as it's broadly about the election and politics in general, so if anyone feels the need to rant about politics, do it there, so long as you can remain mature and respectful of the opinions of others, of course. This worked pretty well with the religious thread, or so I and (I assume) the participants thought anyway, so I figured it would work with the politics thing as well. If anyone thinks it's lame, tell me and I won't do it when future debates come up.