Where is the recovery you may ask? Stock market at record highs. Shouldn't we be pleased? Excellent explanation of reality. Click link below.
"As for business conditions, they appear bright only if you look at the stock market. In reality, they are deteriorating in the U.S. economy. For the first quarter of 2013, the expectations of corporate earnings of companies in the S&P 500 have turned negative. Corporate earnings were negative in the third quarter of 2012, too."
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advis...--finance.html