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Contest: The Recession Will End… When YOU Say So
For this week’s feature, it’s your call when the recession will end. For about four months, we’ve given you our take on the recession’s end with a focus ranging from economist forecasts, impact to on your lives like health insurance and college tuition, and recession trends like staycations and the coupon craze.
After taking you through our thoughts on the recession’s end from many angles, we’re interested to know how you measure the recession’s end in your own life. At a macro level, we’ve been inundated with headlines of housing, unemployment, and other economic analysis and forecasts. In our everyday lives, we’ve felt recession pressures in unique ways and broken down our material needs into necessities, small splurges and sizable sacrifices.
Amid all of this recession hoopla, what will signal the recession’s end for YOU? Is there an index or report that you follow almost religiously? What will be that everyday change that will make you feel that the recession’s over? We want to know!
We’ll award a $35 Amazon gift certificate to one of the entrants in the recession-end contest, picked at random. How to enter: Post thoughts on your own recession’s endpoint in the comments section below (and don’t forget to enter your email so we can contact you) OR send your thoughts in an email to contact@recessionwire.com — AND retweet the contest. You must retweet in order to qualify. Deadline: Friday, October 9.
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The recession will end when the workers of the world unite.
I will know that the recession is over when I can stop wondering and worrying if my husband or I or one of my children will lose our jobs
The recession will end…when a student loan check for the semester actually covers the semester…and, I suppose, when my mom stops worrying.
The recession will end when I don’t have to see everyone walking to work where I live. Getting more exercise is great- but not in the middle of winter.
The recession will end when I’m not broke!
The recession will end when those at the top stop being so greedy.
I think it won’t end for a while. I think it is most important to start and think small. Your family, your neighborhood, your city. Concentrate on making small but important progress in the area you can affect the most.
http://twitter.com/kayte71/status/4724053388
The recession will end in about 18 months. Business will have to tighten their spending more and follow the consumers lead. Excess salaries, excess bonuses, and corporate perks need to be contained. The companies that do will attract new investors.
the recession will end soon. but when it does, I hope that we don’t all start over-consuming everything again. The recession is no fun, but the silver lining is that we waste less stuff, it’s good for the environment.
The recession will end when student loan and credit card bill forgiveness begins!
The recession will end when we get our blue collar workers back!
The recession will end for me when I win the lottery!!! Now I just need to buy a ticket….
@lifeonprint
The recession will end in 2010
The recession will end when people are working again.
The recession will end when people start spending money again.
The recession will end when I make it into a real college… At least for me, it will…
The recession will end when the middle class feels optimistic again. This implies a few things, like corporate america gets reined in; health care is affordable and universal; less anger in public discourse; quantifiably less war sucking human capital.
The recession will end when our house and all the other houses on our street finally sell.
Theoretically, the recession is over. However, recovery will take time and it will be different for different sectors. Financial services will most likely recover quickly. Construction and housing, however will lag as they were hit the hardest.
For me personally, the recession will end when I get a job! I was laid off from my job as marketing executive for a financial services firm. Boo!
The recession will end when there are more jobs (for me too!) and spending increases. Thanks.
Here’s my tweet (I’m dragonfly777):
http://twitter.com/dragonfly777/status/4744454349
Thanks!!
recession ends when we’re all buying american, from cars to appliances to electronics
my tweet http://twitter.com/sweepstaking/statuses/4748725674
I think the recession will end soon – in 2009. But that the economy is due for another one in 2011.
The recession will end after they destroy the dollar.
The recession will end when the government decides to get their heads from their behind and start thinking of the little people.
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/donnak4/status/4748824157
As long as Obama keeps giving out money like it’s his … the recession will linger.
http://www.icoulduseadeal.blogspot.com
jtrophy
For me, the recession will end when I’m 59 1/2 and can access my 401(k) without penalty.
Tweeted – http://twitter.com/JD_Denver_SW/status/4748893585
The recession will end when, we stop outsourcing jobs to other countries and start creating jobs at home.
The recession will end when, we stop outsourcing jobs to other countries and start creating jobs at home.
*Tweet* http://twitter.com/angelasbits/status/4749055320
The Recession will end when I have to stop separating the 2 ply toilet paper to make it into two rolls!
I tweet for you too…. http://twitter.com/ivannawin
The recession will end when Soon hopefully
I tweeted here http://twitter.com/JanetandMaya/status/4748796489
It’ll end when it becomes significantly easier to get a job again.
http://twitter.com/WlknDisaster/status/4749485544
The recession will end soon if we are lucky! Times ure are tough!
I tweeted here http://twitter.com/hillary1971/status/4749525509
The recession will end when government (federal, state and local) quit wasting so much money and decide to spend wisely.
My tweet: http://twitter.com/njhhb/status/4749912341
the recession will end when i end up having enough money in my bank acct to pay off my bills!
The recession will end when everything not expensive and easy to find a job
The recession will end when we lower the high federal taxes that burden most Americans, stop massive socialist-system bailouts for failing corporations, and scrap a trillion-dollar healthcare reform program proposed at the worst possible time.
The recession ends when unemployment rate stabilizes and credit becomes once again available to people that can pay back. I will notice when the recession is over, when job stop being a privileged and it becomes the old so called obligation. I think Recession will be over before the end of 2010.