Well, based on Wall St. bonuses, life is just peachy, so that must be why we're in a recovery. Wall St. handed out a record $135 billion in bonuses for 2010. That's higher than even before the financial crisis in 2008. Obviously, bonuses are not handed out evenly, but on average, that's a $141,000 bonus.

I guess they were out of pitchforks at the local hardware store on the day Wall St handed out the bonuses. No...actually, that must've been the night of the final episode of American Idol last season. Or maybe people were just too busy at their second or third jobs.