Combine that with a high sales tax and income tax (we're looking at a 20B deficit again) and it's no wonder all the population growth is coming from immigration.

This is important because the analysis of their monthly surplus/deficit figures prominently into what the homeowner will qualify for.

Before I was buying breakfast and lunch out often and spending $4-20 per meal for salty, high calorie food.

From the Integrated Statistics on Income, the IRS provides 2008 Number of Returns, Business Receipts, Net Income, and Deficit by Form of Business, Sector tax year 2008 for Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. e.g. 3,416,908 total returns in 2008.

A big part of the picture is the substantial increase deficit spending.

with close to a $20 billion deficit at present.Greece has nothing on us.

I hear CA may be increasing taxes in the future due to their own deficit situation.

Our Medicare deficit is somewhere north of $30 trillion.

This isn't fair to kids that live in cold areas because it takes more calories to stay warm.

I am a believer that the market will come back, probably when inflation finally pops up (as a result of all the deficit spending).