At the root of this is the simple problem that would be solved by doing your own marketing, lead generation and research. 

Today while watching the DOW drop almost 500 points at its very bottom, I found myself, as I do many days, rooting for the stock market to go DOWN.And I thought to myself: I always root against the stock market.Why?

@Christopher Haynes rooting for you, hate scammers.

Funny how those who have to stay rooted in the reality of running a retail business don't have time for endless conference calls or extended lunch meetings....Its not funny to listen to how many are scraping to get by, or who are waiting on a change in the "economy" that will return their customers.Many of these are not in the statistics of the unemployed, but are in effect making less than minimum wage.

While it may be argued that children should never go hungry; the same program goverment program that feeds them is the one that teaches them to rely on programs and gives them a deep rooted sense of entitlement.

i know plenty of yall argue on this board about the fate of our country...but please tell me yall will at least be rooting for them in the world cup?!?!....

I happily laid my neck on that chopping block by giving market forecasts (some may call this predictions, but a prediction is a guess, I do forecasts which are rooted in the SCIENCE of math and data to project out future-casts). 

It takes the "trailer park cities" and gives them the much needed infrastructure to actually have some of these people put down roots.  

The same thing happens in California, and will continue to happen in the status quo.This is an excellent point and spells out one of the root causes for the price points here in CA and in NY.

Tree roots can do the same.