Economy

Yes it is a mess. A greed generated mess. And there may be a few of us who do not think it affects us and I may have been one of those. After all we did and do have our ducks in a row. We are in Carthage MO and the nice Mountain Aire MoHo sitting next to us contains a couple who retired in April, still have a stick built house but spend several months a year in their motorhome. They are not hurting financially. They went to Sears in Joplin to buy a small shop vac. $113. Decided to write a check for it. The check was not accepted. Sears has a company that assesses the likelyhood of a check being okay. They called the company and they said it was a numbers thing and to try another check. It didn't work either! They said a check is NOT guarantee of payment. After all your bank may not be able to honor it! They ended up using a credit card. But this incident bodes the way of the future. This mess will affect ALL of us.