Ready or Not —Polischuk

Well, it’s a new year. Many of us are starting out with clean slates—new budgets, new plans, and high hopes for a better year. And what a year this could be. There are lots of significant issues that could really be a drag on the economy—the subprime credit fiasco, housing slowdown, inflationary pressures, and fears of an impending recession. Of course, it’s also a presidential election year, a wide-open affair that promises to be as interesting as any in recent memory, and possibly historic in many ways.