We are in spitting distance of recession, if not already sitting in it.

They were spitting distance from the barn there.

Workers are becoming increasingly circumspect. Slowing consumption expenditure suggests that this greater caution is already having an effect.

It is predominantly of our own doing.

It's more than a slap in the face. It's shoving you in the mud and spitting on you. It's not just a betrayal of us, and of the Vietnamese people, but of American principles.

There is a recession already in some industries. And I think the key driver is going to be the consumer and how bad the unemployment rate is going to be, considering that layoffs are starting to pick up.