Atticus Finch
Call Me a Cab
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I'm not sure if these are the worst economic times I've ever experienced, but I'm quite sure this is the most confusing economic period of my fifty-five years. I keep hearing how bad things are and how people are losing their jobs and living on shoe strings. I keep seeing energy prices increasing and the saving rate falling, and I hear lots of talk about the economy continuing a slow, steady decline.
But I don't actually see people doing much different than they did three or four years ago.
On the weekends, the coast here is more flooded than ever with tourists. Everybody seems to have a huge, new boat. Cars, trucks and SUVs that cost fifty grand and up are still being sold. Kids are still going to their private schools. Restaurants here are packed every night. No one appears to really care that gas cost $3.68 per gallon. Everybody I know still buys their Lotto tickets. Everybody I know takes off the entire month of August for vacation. Yep. I keep hearing that the economy is bad...but I just don't see it.
And I am left so confused.
AF
But I don't actually see people doing much different than they did three or four years ago.
On the weekends, the coast here is more flooded than ever with tourists. Everybody seems to have a huge, new boat. Cars, trucks and SUVs that cost fifty grand and up are still being sold. Kids are still going to their private schools. Restaurants here are packed every night. No one appears to really care that gas cost $3.68 per gallon. Everybody I know still buys their Lotto tickets. Everybody I know takes off the entire month of August for vacation. Yep. I keep hearing that the economy is bad...but I just don't see it.
And I am left so confused.
AF