No one can keep Americans down for long. After being on the road for a couple of days, Jim and I are both convinced that the economy is coming back. It just takes the official economic prognosticators awhile to figure that out!
Restaurants were busy, as were the malls and stores we visited. In some cases, folks were standing in line to get in. Store shoppers were not just looking, they were buying.
Up north, we noticed large trucks carrying logs, with huge diameters, off to the saw mills. People were filling up their gas tanks @ $2.65 per gallon. Clothing and other back-to-school items were quickly leaving the stores with new owners. Moreover, we saw a lot of construction going on, not just new houses and structures, but renovations and expansions of existing homes.
All of these signs seem to indicate that the country is hopeful and no longer languishing in the throes of an economic depression. Now, we just have to wait for the television commentators to catch up with this news. People, even in remote sections of our state, are busy, active, and productive. We have to conclude that all of these signs are good ones.
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
Tags: America's economy
