Poor Economy's Effects on Family

There is little to cheer about regarding the economy's performance in 2008's first quarter.  Economists say that the economy actually grew by 0.6%.  Most economists say that we're actually in the stages of a recession.  I'm sure that we'll hear more about this situation in the coming days and weeks.

 

We're paying $75 for a tank of gas and nearly $200 every week for groceries.  Neither of us gets a raise in pay, but we are supposed to take our $1,200 rebate check and spend to help the economy?  I wonder how many of us can afford to spend freely these days.

 

The fact is that we don't have any "extra money".  I consider us very fortunate to be able to meet our bills each month.  There are a lot of people worse off than we are.  Given that assessment, I would like to know how this economy is supposed to shrug off it's downward trend? 

 

I would jump at the chance for my family to have extra cash and go out and pump up the economy with spending for a lot of things!  Trouble is; we're just one of millions of middle class families that are hurting economically a lot worse than anyone in Washington knows about.

 

I wonder who is going to speak for the middle class family?  I wonder where all this money is supposed to come from so that we can simply go out and start spending on ANYTHING?

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