tough economic times

last night i said to the wife, “wow, it’s really bad times in Michigan’s economy”… i didn’t say that simply because i just heard something on the news right then and there… i think i just more realized it… a couple things contributed to me saying that… Detroit’s economy is dismal and it is the poorest big city in the nation… Michigan’s economy is nearly as bad and is one of the worst in the nation… the auto industry is flailing… houses aren’t selling… the jobless rate in our state is among the highest percentages in the nation…

okay, that’s enough…

i bring this up because i don’t think i’ve really been directly affected by any of those things… i have a job and the wife has a job… we’re not struggling financially… but we do live in the D (proper) and i work in the auto industry and we’re in the middle of all this… yet i’m not experiencing much of the affects of the economy… we pay more for things (like gas, heat, food) but somehow that’s not so much a big deal… i guess a better way to put it is: it doesn’t affect us like it does others… read my other blog enough and you’ll know why…

it’s incredible to think that we’re living through a tough economic time… i mean, it’s not like we’re in the Great Depression or something, but it is a tough time for a lot of Detroiters and Michiganders… it’s worth mentioning i guess… maybe i just felt like i needed to write or something…