A Ledgie wants to know: Economy Edition

[HejiraNYC]

Oil is at record highs, gold is at record highs, the U.S. dollar is at record lows against the Euro, inflation is out of control yet incomes are flat, unemployment is spiking upward, housing values are tanking, the U.S. banking system is on the verge of collapse, house foreclosures are way up, the national debt is nearing 9 trillion dollars, jobs are being exported, there is an unending war costing U.S. taxpayers $12,000,000,000 per month, etc.

How is everyone weathering this economic *****storm? Business as usual? Cutting back? Better than ever? On the edge of financial ruin? A Ledgie wants to know!