The good news is that the financial rescue package for Greece is being finalized and should be passed this week. The loan will allow the Greek Government to avoid the immediate default on its financial obligations. The Bad News is that the cuts the Greek government made in its budget will serve to drive the Greek economy further into recession. The good news is that other European countries are also working on austerity budgets to bring down their debt. The bad news is that no one in Europe is doing anything to bring these countries out of recession, which is what is causing the debt problems The good news in the US is that unemployment dropped some more. The bad news in the US is the price of gas increased some more. The good news is that the politicians now recognize the effect that the gas price increase has on the American public. The bad news is that no politician has a workable solution to the problem. The government's solution to the problem is to increase the fuel mileage of cars, which get 28 MPG. The problem is that is open road mileage. The majority of automobiles is driven in the city and gets maybe, two-thirds of that mileage. Another problem that is not being addressed is Over-The-Road semi-trucks. These trucks get six and a half miles per gallon. The last thing done to increase efficiency of the trucks was to put a deflector over the cab to deflect air over the trailer. That was adopted back in the 80s. Meanwhile the railroads have been working continually to increase the efficiencies of both their practices and equipment. Perhaps the trucking industry should look at the railroad industry and try to adopt some of their technology. If mileage on these trucks could be improved to ten miles per gallon, a million gallons of fuel a day would be saved. Someone had better do something because: Depression is coming.