Pawned

Another sign of the recession is the fact that pawn shops are picking up business.

This would go along with the obvious rise in unemployment, the devaluation of the stock market, the decrease in home values in many areas, and the uptick in homelessness.

Recently I had to see an oral surgeon and he expressed to me that business was down, people were not getting the tooth implants and such.

And you know things are tight when the sale of spam increases.

Reuters: Americans rich and poor pawn more to pay bills