Economic unrest stifle American people

It seems every story I write lately has something in the first paragraph with words like "stifling economy" or "struggling economy" or "economic distress."

And it doesn't matter the subject either. I could be writing about public education, higher education, public safety. Even the local municipals talk about economy.

Now I understand the economy is what makes our world go round but my goodness! I hate having to repeat myself! If it's getting old for me, it most certainly is getting old for our readers. I mean, what reader is going to want to pick up the paper or go to the Web site where all it continues to remind us of the economic distress we're experiencing in every aspect of our lives?

Granted, it's a good thing to know how a poor economy is violating and invading our lives because somehow, some way, there's got to be light at the end of this deep, dark tunnel, right?

So far, things have gone from bad to worse, then worse again. I don't know how that happens but apparently only in America when the going gets tough you can always make it 10 times worse.

As I talk to colleagues, friends and family they have continued to tell me we're pulling out, we just won't see it for another year, maybe two. Wow. I'm hopeful. Aren't you?

We're caught in this downward spiral where no one is spending because they're trying to scrape by to survive, and the American economy has very little to offer as far as goods and resources. We seem to continue to get more and more friendly with China, who I assume believes they have the once “greatest world power” in their back pocket.

That's a great place to be. So no matter what, we're still going to get sat upon at some point in the future. And that's going to hurt. Probably more than this recession.

Well goodnight, and good luck. It sounds like we are going to need it.