[quote=jpinpb]I just don’t understand who is buying this BS. Like the other day, durable goods are up. Whoo-hoo. Duh. The government paid you to buy cars. Now what. Anyone that wanted to buy or was thinking about it did. So who’s going to be buying cars now that the program is over?

I mean, it is amazing how fake everything is. I don’t get it.[/quote]

EXACTLY. And my thoughts precisely on cash-for-clunkers. WTF? It’s like the economy/government is run by a cadre of grifters who are literally trying to float a con game from on week to the next. Sleazy! Has our nation become a telemarketing boiler room? It feels just that fragile…