How has a recession hit you?

its hurting businesses like mine

people cant even enter my contest. they are holding on to every penny

Writing contest... that is

I've noticed that people are hunkering down and staying home more. It hurts me in that I don't have the money to spend that I used to have. I need it for necessities like gas to get to work, food for sustenance, and rent for shelter. It is not living - it is existing. Many of my neighbors are living the same way. Something is wrong in America, I'm afraid.

Make no mistake..this is NOT a recession....it is a DEPRESSION....bankers are calling in loans just like the pre1929 depression! The World Bank (The Federal Reserve) is crunching down all money and assets of the American people! When the stock market crashes...they will buy it up a pennies on the dollar, and exit this depression as the most wealthy on the planet 100 times over!

In the words of Woodrow Wilson..."I fear I have destroyed my country forever"...He was referring to his support for the Federal Reserve Bank...the last private bank to ever take control over ALL US money! That was in 1913...prior to that, the US coined and printed our own Federal money with no interest or tax on it. The illegal creation of the private Federal Reserve bank lead to the government borrowing money at interest from them to fund our government..when our government could have just printed the money with no interest!

The entire Federal Debt of 9 trillion dolars is due to this dubious act of congress! Yes, something is wrong in America! We let congress be bribed back in 1913, and destroy our monetary system! Ask your state representative if they have ever seen our gold reserves in Fort Knox! Our gold has been taken by these bankers also! The world bank now controls almost ALL money supplies around the globe, and therefore almost ALL governments!

These are the Rothchilds of England, the Carnegies, and Rockefellers of the US...etc...the whole power of the world finances now rests in the hands of a few men! They can crash our stock market tommorow if they want to! They won't have even one dollar invested in it when they do! Then they will buy up all stocks at pennies on the dollar! Just like they did in 1929!!! They all went from very wealthy..to ultrawealthy after the depression! Why? Because they knew the depression was coming! The depression of 1929 was caused 100% by bankers calling in loans on purpose!

If you have any investments, then diversify into gold or platinum. Talk to a good financial planner who can get you 100% out of the US market and the US dollar!

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out we have all been royally screwed here in America! We have shipped almost 100% of our manufacturing overseas along with tech support, or phone services. We have 100% open borders to allow the most uneducated folks to imigrate here illegally. We have spent massively on illegal wars with no reason! The war on terror is a joke at best! We are all being squeezed by our government big time!

My advice is if you can...plan on selling everything if possible...don't worry about debt or loans....amass as much cash as possible, and move to a sovreign nation where the cost of living is dirt cheap! If you can...buy gold for trade....if not..convert your dollars to the country you select asap!!!! Good luck!!!

The difference now is the FDIC. Our savings are insured. I didn't make my comment to denigrate the system. I think it is great to be an American and wouldn't leave for anything. You are right to point out that the banks called in their loans in 1929. Remember, that many of the wealthy investors committed suicide when the crash happened. So, it wasn't just the poor. (There wasn't much of a middle class in those days.) The tax cuts for the wealthy have to be reversed and new tax cuts for the middle class have to be instituted. That's the way it should have been done in the first place. It's easy to blame our system, but it was just one cowboy president who didn't care about the country enough to institute real growth on the economy. Instead, he took care of the "have more's - his base." In the end, when they are greedy, all of society suffers. They know it and have created this classist mentality.

Yes, it is getting tougher out there. Just think how much tougher it will be when we have to pay more in gas taxes.