Everywhere I looked I saw construction. LOTS of it! New apartments, retail, a hotel, and more than a few new office buildings. Yes, I know Dallas and Houston and Austin and Texas in general are doing well, but I suspect if you paid attention when driving around Atlanta or Chicago or Boston or Denver you'd see something similar.
Either our economy is turning the corner as I write this *fingers crossed* or it's close at hand and these forward-looking companies are getting the jump on their competition.
So, does Obama get credit for this? Who knows. I'm of the opinion the President can sit in the Oval Office late at night eating Cheetos and watching porn and he'll still get the credit for or the blame for whatever happens, whether he deserves it or not. In most cases whatever a president does, for better or worse, isn't obvious until years later.
You can credit Obama or the Easter Bunny or Batman for this light at the end of the tunnel, I don't care. I'm just glad to see these encouraging signs.
S
EDIT....from USA Today:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Existing home sales jumped 7.8% in August to the highest level in more than two years, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.
In an earlier report, U.S. builders started work on more homes in August, driven by the fastest pace of single-family home construction in more than two years.
