It’s the Economy, Stupid

We all know the economy is going to crap, but did you know how many businesses are either going out of business or are closing a bunch of stores across the country?? I heard a list of them on the radio today. Here’s a short list: Home Depot (15 stores), Lane Bryant (150 stores), Fashion Bug, Foot Locker (140 stores), Anne Taylor (117 stores), Levitz (closing all locations and they’ve been in business since 1910!), Starbucks, CompUSA (out of bus.), Sprint Nextel (125 stores), Sharper Image (90-100 stores), Eddie Bauer (29 stores), Talbots (100 stores), Zales (105 stores), Macy’s (9 stores), Gap (85 stores), Disney (98 stores), Ethan Allen (12 stores), Wilson’s Leather (158 stores), KB Toys (365 stores), Dillards (6 stores), etc. And this is not even a complete list, people! I’m not trying to scare anyone any more than they already are, but we are in trouble here, people. We better think very long and hard about who we want in office in 2009. Don’t just listen to all of the rhetoric. Get the facts and look at their voting records – not just the “pretty” speeches and catch phrases.