Okay, let's play "change the definitions" for a while. People who have mortgages don't really "own" their homes. I suppose people still paying on their cars don't "own" them either. I owe the bank on my house, but by God it's my house. Get serious.

Now for a few numbers:

- About half of all Americans own stock in one form or another, direct and indirect, just for the record. And if the stock market does well, so will they, and so will their retirement programs.

- In spring of 2002, before the economy really started climbing, about 1.2 percent of all mortages--about 640,000--were in foreclosure. If anyone has more recent numbers, let me know. Doesn't sound like a major disaster to me.

See? You just assume everything is shitty, and you go on from there. Look up the actual numbers. Check it out yourself.

BTW, the conclusion a lot of people are being dragged to, fingernails clawing furrows in the sidewalk, is that the tax cuts worked. A lot of economists already say so.

You're sweeping floors at a tobacco store for minimum wage? That makes no sense. Good grief, even McDonalds pays more than minimum wage, and many unskilled service jobs pay much more, with benefits. What were you doing before you were unemployed? You're no dummy. You should be able to get a better job than that with your eyes shut.