What Will Happen to the 2009 Economy Under Barack Obama?

January 12, 2009 RSS Feed Print

According to the Harris Poll, 52 percent of Americans think the economy will get worse this year. Today's Hot Docs reports that "55 percent said they expect to cut back on household expenses, 45 percent hope to pay down their debt, and 24 percent plan to get rid of one or more credit cards." What do you think will happen to the economy during 2009? Have you changed your spending habits to weather the recession? And if so, what are you doing to cut costs? Post your thoughts.

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Stationcapable of 6:38AM January 05, 2010

hopefully we will suceed in the economy by over coming the health issues and the unemployment issues. :-)

gergioa of CA 10:07AM August 20, 2009

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