My freeper brother in law says economy is great [View All]

I heard he is looking for a second job to pay his bills.My opinion that if the economy was good one person in the family working full time would be enough to live on(I mean 40 hrs not 80 hrs a week).Most families I know both members are working and still barely getting by.If it were good we wouldn`t be carrying large balances on credit cards or have second and third mortgages.I own a small used car lot,a wrecker service and car hauling business,and work at a car auction part time,if my wife didn`t work full time we wouldn`t eat sometimes.My insurance has went from 2200.00 in 2000 to 8400.00 this year,my fuel cost in my truck last year 15000.00 in 2000 the same fuel would have cost me less than 5000.00 the really bad part is that my income keeps going down.I would quit,but I`m getting to old to start over.