Originally Posted by vader9900

World-wide depression? That is not true! That is a line that we have been fed to get this crap passed. Just like WMDs in Iraq, the surge is working, my housekepper is the best person for the Supreme Court, and all the other crap we have been fed by this administration. THE cause of the finacial crisis is gas prices. Higher gas mean higher prices on everything and less cash in your pocket for anything. We WILL and are close to already being in a depression, if prices do not become sane again. Remember minimum wage is now 2 gallons of gas! Why can't people pay their mortgages - Mommy & Daddy both work = 2 cars X $100 = $200 a week in gas! X 4.3 weeks in a month = $860 = EXXON GOT THE HOUSE PAYMENT!