Is the US Economy Up or Down Today?

I have been reading lately how the United States economy has been showing signs of improvement. I was delighted to hear about that as our economy has been very depressed over the last several years.

However, as usual, the reasons given for this anticipated outcome are very general and some not even understandable or sensible and really do not address the exact reasons for this so called economic revival.

We (the USA) have been a country that seems to use a kind of "drop down" economics. This means that when the upper echelon start making more money, it drops down to the middle and then lower classes slowly, so that even when our Congress is insisting that our economy is rising , very few people are realizing this except for the few in the upper classes, including big businesses.

I remember years ago when I was still working in the medical field that the economy then was working well for many, many people. There were tons of job openings and people who were working were actually making enough money to support themselves and their families.

I was actually doing quite well back then, Not only did I have a good job and a nice savings account, but I was able to do some travelling at that point. I have visited, Florida USA, Bermuda times 3 (I love it there!), Hawaii, with several trips to New York City thrown in for good measure. :)

Today is completely the opposite: there are very few good job opportunities, people (including myself) do not travel as much anymore or they take trips to driveable destinations, watching their dollars ($ USD) very carefully.

As a matter of fact, there are more and more people turning to their computers and the Internet today, than any other time in recent history, looking for ways to make money online

Unfortunately, many have the notion that they can come online and make millions in a few months without doing any work or laying any foundations. (I wonder where they got that idea? :) ) Plastered all over the internet are ads and claims that "if you join me, I will show you how to make big money online, only a half an hour a day, no experience needed etc., etc."

Too many people believe everything that they read and unfortunately, that is a big reason as to why there are so many failures in online money making which in turn leads them to imminent failure.

In conclusion, I think that our economy will take a long time for any drop down economics to finally be beneficial for this country. I have not experienced anything that would lead me to believe that our economy is "picking up".

I have websites and businesses online that I have put a lot of work into, laying the foundations and climbing that steep learning curve for Online Marketing. I have and am now experiencing the building blocks needed to maintain my businesses and websites.

Here is to the US economy and the hope that we do see it rising... soon.