If I lose my job, it's worth it. It's worth losing several jobs to get my papers.

That decline has taken a heavy toll on our industry as a whole -- from songwriters losing their jobs to record stores, especially those around college campuses, closing their doors.

Before we were losing jobs. I think it is fair to say many of the steps we took created a more favorable business climate. I am not saying the problem is solved but we are a long way down the road from where we were three years ago.

My caddie dared me to try it, but I didn't think it was worth losing a ball.

What's happening is that consumers are worried about losing their jobs, and if consumers worry about losing their jobs, they spend less money -- so the economy slows down, so they lose their jobs -- it's a vicious circle.

We are losing thousands of jobs at the cost of one-third more money for the logs.