Well, demand for the product don't pick up when people are out of work and have no money to buy the product. I can't see all the blame being put on Obama,though. It was in a mess when he was elected into office. However I can't say I see any progress being made by anything he's done. Nobel Peace Prize? Ha ! What has he done to deserve one? I think that is ridiculous. I think it will be a very long time before the economy improves. In the state I live in there are still places shutting down. There are new ones scheduled to open in the Fall of 2010. Most of us will have run out of unemployment benefits long before then. An Apple company is scheduled to be opened in my area in Fall 2010. I don't hold out high hopes for many jobs, though. It probably will be like another company that moved to this state recently. Most of the jobs they had available were Supervisor positions.The company had very few jobs that weren't Supervisor positions. People just out of college don't have experience, so they don't qualify to apply for Supervisor jobs. People that haven't went to college don't qualify. The only ones who do qualify are the people that moved here with the company. Kind of makes you wonder who the Supervisors are Supervising. Online workers perhaps, from across the states? There is a Call Center company intending to move to this state by next fall too. There are supposed to be about 400 jobs from that company. But there are thousands out of work. And , alas, the jobs that are being created that I have found are low paying. And there are so many people applying for the same job that you don't have much chance of getting it, unless you know someone in the company. I know a low paying job is better than no job, but still, how can you climb out of a mess and buy products to stimulate the economy , when you are barely surviving affording basic needs? I am 50 years old and have lived through recessions before. I have never seen jobs this unobtainable. I was always able to find something , even if it was a job I'd rather not have. And no, I don't believe my whole problem is my age. Some companies would rather hire people that are older. They see them as more dependable. Just venting my anger.