"What's a Recession?"

A Monday morning, pre-work, breakfast yielded the question, as I walked out the door, hopeful for work today I said back to my dad. "A depression is the end of the consumer existence, so I guess a recession would be the the very edge."

I found myself thinking as I arrived home from work 3 hours early (the weather is a nasty factor in my line) That the old adage, no news is good news, would be greatly appreciated by just about all earthlings. The only ones still making money are the greedy pigs that are forcing the market up and down while the rest of us just hang on. The Laissez-Faire attitude that every man can make a buck on their own is rearing its uglier head as the situations gravely worsen in the marketplace. The Bull (s#!t) market has driven down the price of nearly everything. The pantie waists in Toronto (little new york) are going crazier than the American markets did today, I suspect that the Conservative doctrine of complete reliance on the American market may be the only reason. The Canadian dollar falling as it is should not be happening, I do not see the grand plan of this seemingly constructed freefall.

I'm sure McKelvie would have a word or two of contradiction on the matter which I would welcome, he's more into the business than I am. I guess my only role in all of this is to watch the boomer's investments evaporate, watch the price of necessities go through the roof and continue to watch my dollar disintegrate in my hand.

In answer to the question... To me, that is a recession. I do not believe we are on the edge of recession, we're swimming in the cesspool and the greedheads are watching us slowly sink.