Archive for July 19th, 2009

Bill­boards tell Amer­ica to cheer up

July 19th, 2009

Billboards 300x200 thumb Billboards tell America to cheer up

RHODE ISLAND: Some Amer­i­cans put out of work by the lat­est reces­sion are dri­ving past bill­boards with mes­sages like: “Inter­est­ing fact about reces­sions … they end.”

Another reads: “Self worth is greater than net worth.” A third says: “This will end long before those who caused it are paroled.”

Dri­vers across Amer­ica are see­ing those and sim­i­lar mes­sages as part of a bill­board cam­paign dubbed “Reces­sion 101″ funded by an anony­mous East Coast donor who was depressed about how the coun­try was react­ing to the economy’s tailspin.

Full story at http://www.nzherald.co.nz