This is pretty funny. slide show http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1
don't forget the builders who are artificially inflating the per square foot price to build, then using illegal, substandard, very inexpensive labor to build it
I've tried and tried to explain the current economic situation to my wife... without much success, until I found this clip which explained it to her perfectly. It would be funnier if it wasn't so true... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_qK4g6ntM