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Blame the unions for making it hard to run a company anymore. They demand lower hours worked at higher rates of pay plus better health care, and you can almost never get fired. (teachers for example) The high cost of doing business with a union is why my family business is small and my uncle only purchases material from U.S. suppliers and U.S. Tools unless absolutely necessary.
As for the real estate market comment and unemployment rates I tend to disagree. People can get jobs there are places in this country overflowing with job opportunities, but those jobs might not be what the people used to make so they would rather make nothing then something and alter their living. If you can't find a job after 6 months of living on unemployment you aren't REALLY looking. And the 93% increase in foreclosures is highly related to corrupt mortgage companies preying on people with poor education and bad english. They didn't explain what the programs were and people were just too happy to be able to afford a home. It is also rampant in areas where the major employment came from one industry like detroit and now there are more abandon homes then ever, but some areas like the NE are still very strong areas as far as home sales are concerned.
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