Hi Richard:

Thanks for weighing in from across the pond. Sorry to hear that you guys may be headed for recession. We have not yet recovered from ours and there is a significant possibility that we may slide back into the morass if intellegent action is not taken by the current administration... now hell-bent on spending our coffers dry... then taxing us into infinity to cover their ignorant a*&%#@'s. (Thank you Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi!)

We (the United States) have been headed in the direction of a two class society for quite some time. Nothing wrong with being rich, especially if it was earned and not stolen... but the disparity between groups will be in the range of 5% rich and 95% poor if we don't find a better way to finance our gluttony other than the stinkin' income tax. I worry about my children and grand-children's future. The American Dream is quickly becoming the American Nightmare.