POLL: Your View of the US Economy

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Which of these best expresses your view of the US economy?

[rrneck]

1. We. Are. Fucked. nt

[KillCapitalism]

3. Yep, n/t

[The Northerner]

9. +1

[cutlassmama]

18. +2

[Mojorabbit]

27. +10000 nt

[lpbk2713]

2. Other:

Check back with me in about a week.

[BootinUp]

7. seconded nt

[AsahinaKimi]

4. Would it be safe to say that

The Republicans will BLOCK everything? Time to kick some tush!

[Warren DeMontague]

5. In 5 Billion Years, The Sun Will Burn Out. I expect that will not be good for the Dow Jones.

See! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

6. I dunno... wouldn't that favor big Oil?

[xor]

20. lol... damn, that's a valid point.

[Demstud]

8. I think we're on a fragile upswing...

Kind of hard to tell though, especially until after these elections. I kind of get the feeling we'll end up at a standstill until 2012 when something will have to break one way or another. I'm not an economist though :-P

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Depends on how you look at it.

[DJ13]

11. The massive price increases in commodities hasnt filtered down ...yet

Cotton is at the highest price since the Civil War, and most food ingredients (corn, sugar, wheat) are at multi decade highs, thanks to the continued lack of regulations on the NYMEX (and ICE) by the government.

Many economists are saying late this year, early 2011 will see huge consumer price increases.

[Greyhound]

13. As the night follows the day. But that's not important right now, some guy banged

a semi-celebrity some time ago and the new season is on...
:eyes:

[Mojorabbit]

28. And I still have this old chart

re the housing situation.

Long way to go to shake that all out not even figuring in the fraud aspect.

[Greyhound]

12. Just watch the happy-horseshit commercials the TBTF Zombies are pushing out the God-Box.

We'll be "turning the corner" for the next 2 - 3 years before they start on the big push. I predict the "austerity is good for you" campaign to start in time for the next Presidential.

[Subdivisions]

14. We will NEVER return to a legitimate 'growth' paradigm. It's all downhill from here. n/t

[depakid]

21. Should be interesting to watch how a weakened nation responds to higher and higher petrol prices

Somewhere along the line there's a tipping point where enough key activities become uneconomic that there will be major, system-wide effects.

My guess is that occurs somewhere around $6-$7 per gallon. Certainly by $10.

[TheKentuckian]

15. Same or worse for the projectable future with a possible minor and temporary uptick

If the TeaPubliKlans win as a choreographed effort to make folks think the healing of tax cuts, austerity, and shitting on poor people has begun.

[MrSlayer]

16. If the Pukes take control on tuesday we're headed right back toward a depression.

So as much as I'd like to say the worst is behind us, I cannot.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

17. I concur

[xor]

19. and they'll continue to blame Obama and other democrats for it....

:/

Pay no mind to what happened in 2007...

[MrSlayer]

25. Yep and the dopes in this country will continue to buy it.

And the Democrats will also continue to not point out the facts of the matter. And the corporate media will continue to push the meme.

[mkultra]

22. the cool thing about being a doomer

is that when you are wrong(frequently) you don't really have to live up to your incorrect predictions. Everyone is just thankful that you were wrong.

[quaker bill]

23. If we elect republicans

things will go quite poorly and with surprising speed. If we don't elect many of them things will improve but still too slowly

[taught_me_patience]

24. If the Repukes take the house and senate

we're fucked. That is all.

[Tesha]

26. Even if they don't, we're fucked.

A nation needs a functioning government and we haven't
had one at least since September 11, 2001. Or maybe
December 12th, 2000.

Tesha

[EmeraldCityGrl]

30. +1

[dgibby]

29. I voted for the worst is yet to come.

I just don't know if it will be before or after the impending Civil War we're facing.

[progressoid]

31. Depends on how much control the GOP gets after Tuesday.