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To: tejek who wrote (630695)10/6/2011 5:11:42 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1579981
 
>>> Unless they are loading rocks onto trains for the hell of it, I don't see how we are heading for a recession:

We are IN a recession; have never gotten OUT of the recession.

You can claim any number of metrics like GDP growth, etc., but when you have 15% or more of people unemployment, that's a recession.



To: tejek who wrote (630695)10/7/2011 8:57:03 AM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579981
 
We’re not seeing declines in rail volumes that are synonymous with a recession,” Hatfield said. “We remain in a slow growth environment.”

Ted, American industry is creating lots of jobs...just not here...

Al