Five predictions for 2009:<\/p>\n
Five predictions for 2009: Despite being propped up with billions in taxpayer dollars one of the Big Three US automakers will fold. Barack Obama’s roughly 1 trillion dollar stimulus package will pass with bipartisan support… and will fail to stimulate anything. The economy will sink deeper into recession and crime rates in will rise. 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