Rumour is that HIN has gone Bankrupt?

[YarisSedan]

Ive only been to HIN once about 11 years ago. It was good for what it was back in the day. I think the issue is less people are modding their cars now then there used to be as well. Used to be able to spot atleast 3 modded cars a day. Now theres not too many driving around. We have become a dying breed. I blame the economy.

Its come down to putting that exhaust on your car you wanted or paying this months mortgage.

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by YarisSedan

I blame the economy.

I think you're right, but in an indirect way. There's an article in this month's Mother Jones magazine that asks where the public outrage is over the state of the economy, and why the citizenry isn't out with pitchforks demanding the heads of the banks and corporations that brought us to the brink of ruin.

What a quoted political pollster found explains it. While we are emotionally upset with the banks and corporations that needed to be bailed out, as well as at the politicians that are in their pockets (which represents an unhealthily large, bipartisan chunk of Congress), we intellectually blame ourselves for being just as large a part of the issues. For so long most of us spent well beyond our means, buying tons of crap on credit that we don't need and/or that didn't last, buying bigger and bigger homes and cars, holding debt and/or shuffling it around, failed to save anything, etc. In other words, at some level most of us know that we are just as much at fault for our own current financial ills as any greedy corporation is.

This new understanding is changing what people consider to be "disposable income" and the way that many of us use such funds. Totally optional, unnecessary offerings such as car modifications, which I refer to as the "fluff" segment of the economy, are the first to feel this shift.

In other words, it's not "the economy" that has caused change, but our individual perceptions of our past and future roles within it.

[why?]

Originally Posted by BailOut

I think you're right, but in an indirect way. There's an article in this month's Mother Jones magazine that asks where the public outrage is over the state of the economy, and why the citizenry isn't out with pitchforks demanding the heads of the banks and corporations that brought us to the brink of ruin.

What a quoted political pollster found explains it. While we are emotionally upset with the banks and corporations that needed to be bailed out, as well as at the politicians that are in their pockets (which represents an unhealthily large, bipartisan chunk of Congress), we intellectually blame ourselves for being just as large a part of the issues. For so long most of us spent well beyond our means, buying tons of crap on credit that we don't need and/or that didn't last, buying bigger and bigger homes and cars, holding debt and/or shuffling it around, failed to save anything, etc. In other words, at some level most of us know that we are just as much at fault for our own current financial ills as any greedy corporation is.

This new understanding is changing what people consider to be "disposable income" and the way that many of us use such funds. Totally optional, unnecessary offerings such as car modifications, which I refer to as the "fluff" segment of the economy, are the first to feel this shift.

In other words, it's not "the economy" that has caused change, but our individual perceptions of our past and future roles within it.

I shake my head and laugh at this. Mother Jones being quoted like they are credible, instead of the commie hacks they are?

C'mon man, get real.

Our economy was deliberately sabotaged by the Clinton's and Bush's, year in and year out.

Only because I want to hope they didn't do it on purpose do I say that everyone in all 4 administrations, now counting Obama, were clueless economically, which in reality, isn't that far of a stretch considering the pathetic state of economics taught in schools today.

Or to take another tack and answer the question posed,"Why aren't people mad?" Because the media is telling them not to be. The mainstream media is doing a good enough job making excuses for everyone that people are giving them the benefit of the doubt.

Or, they were. But that is changing rapidly. There are now enough people charting exactly what happened for people to start getting really mad. And people are finally starting to pay attention to the history of this country for the past 100 years or so, and seeing what politicians are trying to do to our country. You'll see the pitchforks soon enough...