I.D.E.A.S. Lead to Breakthroughs!

You don't have to look far these days to discover gargantuan problems in our nation, throughout our states, in cities and surburbs, or neighborhoods, families, friends and other groupings, such as co-workers, even strangers in a crowded elevator. For example, an article published April 3, 2008 revealed that: "More Americans have fallen behind on consumer loans than at any time in nearly 16 years, as credit problems once concentrated in mortgages spread into other forms of debt." An article published the next day announced: "The U.S. economy shed 80,000 jobs in March as employers trimmed their payrolls for a third straight month . . . Revisions to the January and February employment reports painted a bleaker picture than initially reported. For the first two months of the year, the U.S. economy lost 152,000 jobs, up from an earlier estimate of 85,000. . . .The loss of jobs in March, for example, pushed the overall U.S. unemployment rate to 5.1 per cent from February's 4.8 percent."