Our 'Poor' Economy

There sure is a lot of news about our economy and how it, well... sucks.

Chicken Little: We're about to enter a recession, the price of gas is sky rocketing, people are losing their homes, food is so expensive, etc.

Why bother getting up in the morning?!

But here's the reality: The economy is FINE... as long as you don't watch the news!

Yours truly just returned from 8 days at the beach. The beach was fairly crowded and the traffic was TERRIBLE! You couldn't get anywhere quickly. At one traffic light we were stopped for two to three minutes, wasting gasoline in our SUV and surrounded by other HUGE, gas-guzzling SUV's also. At 4.19 a gallon, people aren't too concerned about their fuel economy...

The average time in line for eating out was about 45 minutes to an hour. And seafood isn't cheap either...

A trip to Target or Wal-Mart to stock up on food and other necessities was no easy task, either. It seems everyone had the same idea at the same time. You were lucky to find bread on the shelves.

Now one could argue that the above scenarios are typical of any beach resort on a holiday weekend. And that's true! But I feel certain I wasn't surrounded by 'the locals' either. The people came from somewhere else and the higher fuel prices didn't stop them from coming.

Next time you hear a report on the news or read something in the newspaper about our 'poor' economy, ask yourself why you still see so many people on the road and out buying things.

The economy is doing fine... as long as you don't watch the news.