All economic indicators point to the fact that we are in a full-blown recession. Between billion-dollar government bail-outs of distressed banks, mortgage brokers and insurance companies; declining property values; massive layoffs at major corporations; bankruptcies; ever-escalating foreclosure rates; and nightly doses of media-propagated doom and gloom, reason for optimism seems to be in short supply.

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