We are in a depression, because it is cyclical. We have more welfare and foodstamps going out, becasuse of the Depresion...

People, in the main, want to contribute to society. We feel bad about ourselves when we don't.

This depression is already starting to lift world wide, it will be another five years, but we will make it. More people need help right now to get by, but they aren't doing it because they are lazy.

Very few people want to get public assistance!

It's degrading and harmful to the mind and soul.

No, they just don't want their children to starve.

I'm getting a little concerned that so many people are complaining about the leeches and takers, but don't seem to be thinking about reality at all.

This Depression isn't Obama's fault.

Or Bush's.

Or Clinton's.

Or Bush's.

It's due to the ebb and flow of resources around the world. Sometimes things pull back, normally when the top few percent of earners become scared that they will start losing money.

We need to get back to hiring and spending out money, to get out of this. That means making people feel comfortable with the economy again. It will take time, since so many are frightened right now, but it will happen.

Don't give in to despair and don't pout for too long over this junk.

If we work together, we'll be alright.