What is the deal with every television commercial, radio spot, and news story mentioning 'this terrible down spinning economy'? It is depressing! The goal right now is to jump start the economy with consumers purchasing 'american' products right? Well when all the media outlets are talking about how bad the economy is and how it is not getting any better the last thing I want to do is go out and spend more money. What an interesting experiment this would be....If all the media outlets stopped covering the depressing economy for just one week would spending go up? I bet it would! The media is so powerful, it could help get us out of this crisis. 

Therefore, we need to stop using phrases like 'these tough times'. This article talks about this concept ..... http://tiny.cc/5xDoL