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To tell you the truth, I was hoping for positive change...

Last fall, before the elections, I heard so much about the candidates being so worried about "Main Street" and how we needed change.

Well, what about "Main Street"? The only thing that has changed on my "Main Street" is;

Two of the main department stores are holding going out of business sales.
My daughter, a teacher, got a lay off notice.
Two of our Chrysler dealerships have been given notice of closing.
I read my government will soon own 71.5 % of General Motors Government Motors.
I am seeing local government growing so large that they're the only ones buying or leasing commercial office space in my small town.

At this rate, nobody will be able to avoid change on poor "Main Street"...

Authored by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor ®, RE/MAX Professionals & Four Seasons,

Dupont, Lacey & Olympia, WA.

(http://phenderson.net) or http://www.lacey-washington.com

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by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor ®, RE/MAX Professionals & Four Seasons Inc.,

I am a Relocation Specialist and sell homes in DuPont, Lacey & Olympia, Washington.

*Visit my website at http://www.phenderson.net to search for homes in the South Puget Sound and NWMLS for anywhere in Washington State. All information is believed to be accurate, but is not warranted in any way.

Posted by Paul Henderson, Realtor ® Lacey & DuPont Washington homes on 06/01/2009 12:08 AM

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13 Comments on To tell you the truth, I was hoping for positive change...

JUN

Paul, The speed with which this is all happening is frightening. Rich

Paul: This has just GOT to start turning around. Right now, I don't have an answer... and if I did, I don't think anyone would listen, anyway. Keep your chin up. Take care... have a great week.

Paul - We all heard a lot about "change", and now we are getting it. GM has been a pillar of the Dow 30 since 1925. Tomorrow they will likely lose their position with that prestigious group. Everywhere I turn is another person out of work. Lenders are going out of their way to make it difficult even if you have a job. What a helpless situation we seem to be in.

Mike

Paul, I think this is just another one of the infamous tax and spend plans out there. We cannot keep bailing every Tom, Dick and Harry out. I thought that O'bama's debt to the Unions was paid after the first bail out...

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Paul. Fasten your seat belt. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. I don't see a real recovery for 5 years. Because of the mortgage mess, Main Street has lost about 15-20% of their market. The government isn't reporting that.

The great blue ocean you have on the side panels of your great blog should be colored red: for a sea of public debt and private debt in the US ...in which the whole world is swimming for dear life.

I'm hoping the worse is over and I prefer to be positive. The reality is this is going a very long healing process.

Paul, it always seems the little guy gets the short end of the stick. Hopefully it will trickle down to Main Street and we will have a brighter future.

Paul:

It is all out of control!

Richard

Paul - I believe we will see the "Big Box" shops and coporate giants finally fall and fall hard. Then we will see Main Street come back to life with many of the small mom & pop shops we all love and remember.

Time will tell the tale

It is amazing at the "change" that has taken place over the past 100 days. I am still waiting for Washington to recognize that Main St. and housing are an integral part of a broader economic recovery.

Paul, I have a lot of experiance with the Auto makers. For years thy have caved in to the labor movement just to keep running and then Oil begins to get traded as a commodity and gas rises to $4 a gallon in 16 months. That killed the only profit center they had, SUV'S and Trucks. Consumption was actualy down as the price was rising. Not a single politician raised a finger and our econmy collapsed under energy price increases that were out of control and unwarranted. I will post a little better explanation soon.

JUN

I too am worried about the change that we are seeing to main street. People are saying give the man a chance, but can we wait that long? Right now people are saying he is better than what we had, yet his approval rating is lower than George Bush's was for the first 3 1/2 years of President Bush's presidency. (So who is telling the truth?)

I want to see him succeed, he is my president, but I also want to see the change that can make this country great again or we will fall as all great nations have in our past.

Todd Clark - www.LivingBeaverton.com

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