I'm trying to understand how it's a recession/depression, and yet ALL of the local businesses in my area are making record profits? Isn't that a prosperous period?
As with anything I don't trust a word the media tries to shove down my throat until they present hard evidence of it. Saying "due to the economic downturn" and "the recession" over and over again on the news and so forth is enough to make some people believe it to be true, but not me.