Let me put a political spin on this..

While it certainly can't be put on the government, I believe a large part of it is.

The economy is in the toilet because of his "business only" attitude. The actual citizens don't get enough financial help or employment, and you got a bunch of people who are buy houses they can't actually afford. Then, when the market goes to shit and the lenders come to collect, there's nothing to collect! People lose their houses, the supply goes above the demand, and the market goes even shittier.

Plus, did you hear about the latest budget that was offered up by the monkeys in the white house? Money would be put towards homeland sec., defense, and FDA. Money would be taken away from Medicare/Medicaid, education, and domestic programs. The deficit would be pushed up in to the ranges of 400 something billion. Awesome. Awesome. Is november here yet? This fucking idiot needs to get out of office and do something productive like juggling chainsaws while drunk.