Does the recession have you down? Far too many people are running around wringing their hands, worrying about whether the recession will end. The reality is that the recession does not apply to everybody. In Bismarck, North Dakota, for example, the unemployment rate is a meager 3.7%. Last year happened to be very good for energy and accurate culture, two of the state’s major exports. The Internet is the same way. Even if the recession has hit the town that you live in very hard, major commerce is still being conducted online every day. The key is to start a home-based business that leverages the Internet and that can produce a recession proof, highly lucrative income.