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Originally Posted by Miss_J

So I was laying in bed, half asleep still just trying to open my eyes and focus on the day when I begin to listen to the news... something about how Obama can't blame bush anymore for the economy and as long as he can keep saying the economy is getting even a little better, then he is in the clear.

The economy is getting better?? hmmm... This is what I see in my neck of the woods and frankly everywhere I've been in the past couple of years....
Small business is losing out and fading into history, fewer stores for people to spend money at means they have to go where they can get what they need, larger stores that sell it all and the mass majority go to for thier goods. So the larger stores show a better bottom line but its at the cost of the small business...
Such a vicious circle we spread to thin and then have to regroup to the mass build ourselves up just to spread out again. When will we find that perfect balance to sustain our society?

The worst part is that many of these stores are buying their goods from third world countries, not the United States (or Canada) so they aren't even putting their own country to work. So not only are the small businesses closing, but the factories that make the goods to be bought in these stores are also closing. It sucks all the way around.

Wouldn't it be nice if Obama made it a law that at least 1/2 to 3/4 of the merchandise has to be from your own country? Imagine how many people would be working then. Not only that, but more would be buying too.
Why is it so hard to figure that out?