Business up for 2010? What's your Vote?

Well...with retailers jingling all the way to the bank this past holiday season, one wonders what is in store for 2010.

Some folks would have you believe that the end is near and to just give up; some are ecstatic that 2009 is over and believe that 2010 will be a break out year.

I fall somewhere in between.

I'm thrilled that retailers did better than last year(2008), but I would think that if they did worse, their marketing/sales staff should be hung by their toenails. Moving along...

We are starting 2010 with some optimism; the consumer "seems" to have found their way to start buying again; and maybe that will encourage all the folks that have been sitting on the sidelines with trillions in cash, to start SPENDING some of it and keep the optimism moving forward. We'll see...

President Obama (or is it Mr. Obama; I can't seem to get that straight since he applied for college funding as a foreigner, or did I misread that; guess the courts will figure that one out) has done his part to push along rapid change. In a political culture that is steeped in "me-too"ism and self-interest it's hard to predict the outcome of the historic measures facing our elected officials. Will we become more socialistic as President Reagan feared and so many Republicans are chanting, or will we continue along the seeming socialist agenda left to us by our former Presidents. Hard to say. Either way, something's going to happen; and hopefully it will be something that benefits the majority and helps stabilize the economic and social crises that have plagued our country.

I'll stop now and let you voice your opinions about the coming year.

p.s. as an immigrant to this country over 50 years ago, I have seen constant change in our country and I would like to believe that it has all be in the name of bettering our nation's people and our country (hope that doesn't sound too naive).