The Recession May Be Over but the Guilt Lives On
August 7, 2009 by Kimberly Darwin
Filed under Live Guilt Free
Experts say that the recession is over. What great news that is for those of us who may be a little tired of the black cloud of depression looming over us, but despite this wonderful revelation, the thunder is still rumbling. This article in Newsweek touts that “The Recession Is Over! But Not for You!”
Why not for me? Can’t I be happy too?
And plopped right in the center of the article is a photo montage of the greediest people that are to blame for all of this mess. The article continues to keep us beaten down and cringing: “Having survived a near-death economic experience, Americans now need to focus on surviving what’s likely to be a pokey, painful recovery.”
Talk about a dose of guilt for those who actually don’t live every day just to survive! Now I’m not knocking those that are down on their luck, but I am emphasizing here that we can decide which rain goggles we choose to look through. Do yours show sun in the near distance, or just more rain?
Surprisingly the uk economy shrank a further 0.4% between July and September (the last quarter that there are figures for), so the end of the downturn is a long way off yet – another 6 months at least i reckon, its the longest recession since records began 50 years ago and it wont be till years later the economy and property market recovers, it was’nt until the late 90′s that the property market recovered after the 89/90 recession.
Our country was also hit hard by the Economic Recession. At least we are seeing some signs of economic recovery now. I hope that we could recover soon from this recession.
a.-.