Is the Great Recession over?

Is the Great Recession over? Word on the Island is:

D.J. Elliott, Venice, unemployed: "No way. Too many people are unemployed. I never in my life thought I'd be out of a job."

Tim McChesney, Venice, welder: "I heard today on the news it is. In reality, it's not."

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D.J. Elliott, Venice, unemployed: “No way. Too many people are unemployed. I never in my life thought I'd be out of a job.”

Marcia Spencer, Boca Grande, Lifelong Learning chairwoman: “I'm not an economist. But if you ask the people who are not working, I think they'd say it isn't.”

Tim McChesney, Venice, welder: “I heard today on the news it is. In reality, it's not.”

George Matos, Boca Grande, Gasparilla Inn & Club: “No. Not the way it's going. No.”

Kevin Ruff, Englewood, contractor: “Well, the work ain't loaded up yet. It's only been trickling in.”

Marcia Spencer, Boca Grande, Lifelong Learning chairwoman: "I'm not an economist. But if you ask the people who are not working, I think they'd say it isn't."

George Matos, Boca Grande, Gasparilla Inn & Club: "No. Not the way it's going. No."

Kevin Ruff, Englewood, contractor: "Well, the work ain't loaded up yet. It's only been trickling in."

Vote your beliefs on the latest poll on the lower left-hand corner of bocagrandetalk.com.