The Tragic Economy: There Were Clear Signs During The Past Few Years

Foreclosures are mushrooming in Austin and throughout Texas and the nation.

<http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/realestate/10/18/1018foreclosures.html>

For the past several years via my writing I tried to inform legislators and the public that we were entering into an economic recession and that home foreclosures were going to escalate at record levels.

No one wanted to hear it and few agreed with me.

On various blog sites, people tried to push away the information I was providing, and even posted their own blogs that stated the contrary, denying an economic crisis.

I tried to get people to hold our officials more accountable. Few listened or acted.

Now, we