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The mortgage lending crisis, record home foreclosures, skyrocketing unemployment rates and our lackluster economic recovery are the inescapable topics of our everyday lives. The media has created a frenzy of opinion related to who is responsible and even more skepticism about where to go from here.

The Bailout was considered our only alteative to this impending economic demise. This bailout was a plan conjured up by millionaires, if not billionaires, to "get us back on track." Years later we still don't understand who the "us " was that they were referring to. Was it Goldman Sachs, AIG or Bank of America? It certainly wasn't the overwhelming majority of Americans who still question what there future has in store for them.

What does this all have to do with cosmetic surgery anyway? The answer is..."a lot" if you are a cosmetic surgeon and even more so if you are someone who was interested in nail polish remover pump factory surgery before this crisis. With our financial futures appearing so dismal, the decision to have elective surgery is difficult.

We attempt to reason and rationalize society's present situation without considering how we can maximize our own individual recovery. Are we to believe that the telecommunications, computer, and the utility industries have also been victims of this crisis?

Consumers still find ways to afford items and services that in the not so distant past were considered luxuries. Cell phone use with media packages can cost up to 150 dollars a month. Sport Utility Vehicles continue to own the roadways in spite of their wasteful energy expenditures. Professional sports teams have certainly not had their games boycotted by fans because of their overpriced tickets and concessions. Whats more have these athletes seen a significant increase in their salaries despite the economic meltdown.