more examples of our crumbling into ruin

i have mentioned it before, we cannot afford our utility bills. WORKING people cannot afford heating, electric, gas for cars and on and on. my 82 year old father's last oil bill (for heating) was OVER $700.00. how can this continue?

perhaps instead of pouring OUR money into pakistan (and goddess only knows which south amerian countries) why not pour it into US?

With Utility Bills Up, Aid Programs Feel the Heat
By Mary OttoWashington Post Staff Writer

It's early morning in Annapolis when the line starts forming. At 9 a.m., two dozen people are huddled in the March chill.
Once a month, the Light House Shelter for the Homeless helps with electric and gas bills. These days, not only the poor, but members of the struggling middle class are clutching power company shut-off notices as they seek help. The line includes an accountant, a health-care worker in her scrubs and a real estate agent.
Shelter director Crystal Brownlee listens to each person's plea in the privacy of her tiny office. Many of the bills are hundreds of dollars in arrears. She can offer each person about $100.
"What I can give them can't touch what they really need," Brownlee said. ...............

just like forest gump

(things are slow). now king george, please tell that to my soon to be 81 year old father. i am estimating his next home heating oil bill to be in the $800.00 range.

Bush: US in 'slowdown' not recession
US President George W. Bush denied Tuesday that the US economy was in recession or would go into one despite a spate of downcast reports and gloomy indicators.
"We're not in a recession, I don't think we will go in a recession. We're in a slowdown, and there's a difference," Bush said in an interview with American Urban Radio Networks. "No question there is softening now."
The US president boasted of job growth since he took office in January 2001 but acknowledged that "economies go through cycles, and the question is how do you deal with the down-cycle."
"I am confident in our economy," he said...