The recession will likely lengthen, due to a mixture of shortsightedness and panic from big and small business owners, and worries of private citizens trickling down to less spending...is definately worsening now, solely due to the sheer stupidity of Washington lawmakers...

...one of whom publicly derided the car maker's plea for assistance, indicating to everyone that they don't care if the car maker's fail---a continuation of blatant American stupidity, as publicly telling Americans that their own government simply doesn't care if the car companies fail, causing tens of thousands of Americas to lose their jobs, in a deep recession, is nothing less than BRAINLESS!

Basically, it's a vicious cycle--sort of along the line of the scorpian stinging its own tail.