MSNBC Poll: "Does it feel to you like the recession has ended?"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Does it feel to you like the recession has ended?

http://business.newsvine.com/_question/2010/09/20/5143480-does-it-feel-to-you-like-the-recession-has-ended

12.5%: Yes, things are getting better.
12,029 votes

87.5%: No, I still feel pessimistic about the economy.
84,189 votes

[dmallind]

1. Meaningless question. GDP is not based on my feelings or anyone else's.

And since that's what determines recession or contraction, why do we need to ask for anecdotal confirmation?

[gratuitous]

2. Suggested re-working of their "No" response

"No, Bush and his Republican cronies screwed us but good, and can you fucking believe they're asking us for our votes in November?!"

[Crankie Avalon]

3. This economy was decades in the making...

...do most people still really think this will just blow over in six months or a year and that we can then go back to the all-credit-no-cash lifestyle like nothing happened?