you just follow the comings and goings of the movers and shakers at the white house and on capitol hill. i ve been talking to people who have been out of work for the longest time, and whose families are really suffering missing mortgage payments, missing credit card and order loan deadlines, missing meals. one man who was out of work for a year, is married, and father of a 5-year-old told me what it was like last christmas when the family put up a christmas tree, but had no presents to put under it. this was a man in his 30s in ohio in 2011, but he sounded like a figure from one of those old depression e-ray hollywood movies. even though we were not able to give gifts, and everything, we still had each other and a roof over our heads, so we were blessed in that regard. americans are learning in this hideous economic environment to be thankful for small favors. there was a period when this man was so far behind in bills, he would go to downtown columbus as often as he could t