When investment bankers Lehman Brothers filed the largest bankruptcy petition in U.S. history, the word finally reached Washington, D.C., that the economy was in big trouble. Many Americans have realized this for a very long time.
Economic downturn no surprise to average Americans
Monday, September 22, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:15 a.m. CST, Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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