More Good Points about Recession (and this time it is not satire)

[Jim Westrich]

I am used to "tough medicine" articles about recession but this article 
takes "self-absorbed" privilege to new lows.

In a jaw-dropping *front page* article in today's Boston Globe they 
interview "experts" about the good things of recession which include:

-easier to get a contractor
-more room on airplanes
-getting a table at your favorite restaurant
-less commuter traffic
-better help at department stores
-cheaper homes (but the article emphasizes cheaper *vacation* homes)
-lower interest on mortgages and car loans
-sales in retail stores!!

The clincher is Standard & Poor's chief economist David Wyss saying:

''In the average recession, the unemployment rate goes up by 3.3 percent, 
or by about 5 million people nationwide.If you're not among those 5 million 
there are some real advantages to the situation.''

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/011/nation/Economic_slide_can_have_upside+.shtml

Jim

"Net loss for the working man

  You let the chisel fall from your hand . . . .

  Here's the carrot and here's the stick

  Here's the throat where the big words stick"

	---Jon Langford