The American economy is driven first and foremost by consumer spending. Some think that this crisis will trickle down into the rest of the economy and snag businesses and people who have poor credit ratings and limit everyone’s ability to finance large purchases, thus hurting those who are selling those large purchases, thus… well, you can see the dominos… Also, the net worth of the average consumer is sliding as the value of his home corrects. Others believe that this is far smaller than past crises such as the S&L shakedown during the 80′s. The economy then barely burbed. Please give me your opinion, and more importantly, direct me to an interesting article on the subject.

Oh, and one more thing, New Jersey, your property taxes are atrocious, and I’m leaving your economy by the end of the year.