Sounds fair enough. Although there are some speed bumps ahead and a few possible road blocks to recovery, how could things be much worse than what we've experienced the last few years? How about for you? Optimistic for the new year or mostly glad we're heading out of 2009? What would make 2010 a good year for you? I'm going with optimistic. As long as the economy stabilizes I'll sleep much better at night and anything above would be a bonus.
For all their differences, Americans largely agree on two things: 2009 was a lousy year for the nation, and 2010 is likely to be better. Nearly three-fourths of Americans think 2009 was a bad year for the country, which was rocked by job losses, home foreclosures and economic sickness. Forty-two percent rated it "very bad," according to the latest AP-GfK poll.
That's clearly worse than in 2006, the last time a similar poll was taken. The survey that year found that 58 percent of Americans felt the nation had suffered a bad year, and 39 percent considered it a good year.
