Obama: Economy 'a big problem, and it's going to get worse'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081207/pl_politico/16279

Here is an article with Obama and discussing how the economy is going to keep getting worse. It will get worse before it starts to get better he says. Its a scary thing seeing how many jobs are being lost. It makes the thought of leaving the country for me a little bit more realistic.

Half Million Jobs Gone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown

A half million jobs vanish after one of the largest layoffs in history. With the country in such an economic drought so many companies are being forced to cut jobs. What are all of these people going to do? Maybe work from home on the internet like mentioned earlier in the blog

Credit Card Use Drops

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/05/news/economy/consumer_credit/index.htm?postversion=2008120515


Here is an article that talks about how credit card use has dropped. Is that really any surprise though? In times like these people are not going to spend money that they dont have. Debit cards and cash are better options becasue its money you actually have. If banks are being bailed out why are we going to borrow from them?

OJ Simpson

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/05/oj.simpson.sentencing/index.html

Here is an article about OJ Simpson. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail and might be out in 9. Justice or Not?

Companies that will hire you to work at home

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/01/cb.home.based.workers/index.html

I always see commercials or recieve emails saying "Want to make more money sitting at home?" or "I make $10,000 a week as I sit in my home office!". I normally laugh at these people, but I came across an article. Because of the job cuts these days many people are resorting to working from home over the internet. The internet jobs are becoming more popular by the day and many Americans are doing it. Our society is so hooked on our up-to-date technology, so why not work through the internet. There are some companies that only hire employees who work from their home and there are also some that have a certain amount of home-based employees. Is it good or bad to have so many online, stay-at-home jobs available? I think of it as a great thing.