I didn't know the speaker budget got cut. That's a sure sign we are going under. My friends over at Exact Sciences tell me money is so tight over there that they are delaying the payout of this years bonus checks till next year. The catch is you still have to be employed next year to get it. They are currently going through layoffs and realignment. In other words they don't have the cash to pay the sales people. I bet next they ask to have salaries deferred till next year and get people to work for free.