And that's not an ideological statement, it's just a fact.Enormous advances in computer understanding and artificial intelligence are raising the specter of job loss that will easily outpace the 8.8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession.

Vincent, I don't believe we are seeing the "artificial demand" that (I believe) caused the housing bubble.

The majority of the problem in the housing bubble stemmed from an artificially high supply of buyers.

As soon as the government no longer artificially holds the rates down, and they increase even minimally, the values will drop.Rob K – nice post, but you left out the biggest problem which is the entitlement funds that will drive us over the cliff.I always remember that some of the best deals I ever did was when I DIDN'T buy......Rich

As we know, everything is artificially propped up before an Election.

Do Not Trust your average handyman for this.Bathroom vanities, medicine cabinets, and light bars are pretty inexpensive anymore, and replacing the usual Box vanity with a pedestal sink makes the lua appear much more spacious (admittedly, you lose some storage, but you can regain that with an over the john cabinet or shelving.)If your tub surround is trash, fix it right...new concrete backer and ceramic tile.

i can relate we had a 14 year old choclate lab she had arthritis real bad we kept changing medicines for her and it would help for a while but she would get bad again we could see she was suffering so we decided to put her down i did while my wife was at work to save her the agony that was one of the hardest things ive ever done, we to said we wouldnt get another but after about 9 months we decided to get a golden retriever and it was a great decision, if your a dog lover like we are you will get over the hurt and get another one such a great feeling when we come home and we get greeted by our dog always happy to see us ....sorry for your loss

My name is Jon Baker and i am a medic in the US Army currently stationed in Germany, working at the largest american military hospital outside of the US, taking care of our wounded service members from Iraq and Afganistan.

So, artificially holding it up will just mean it has further to fall when it finally does.Actually, I think he economy is headed in a bad direction, and it would be better to let it get there sooner rather than later.

There are ways of covering up a poor market with artificially low interest rates, injection of capital which causes inflation, and other little tricks.