The week in words: GM's killing America; no competition

"Demand remains putrid."

- travel industry analyst Kevin Crissey

"You are killing America."

- letter to General Motors Corp. from Chevrolet customers Marie and Kevin Kohr, on dealership closings

"Personal tax cuts and government income support have brought consumers back from the dead, but the recuperation period promises to be a long one."

- economist Sal Guatieri

"We are in an enormous budget debate, and it would be imprudent to rule anything in or anything out."

- Gov. Rendell spokesman Chuck Ardo, on how the governor would react to a bill legalizing casino table games

"If there is reform, you have a new CEO for the new world. If there isn't any reform, you have a new CEO who has to deal with all of the challenges they're already facing."

- health insurance industry analyst Sheryl Skolnick, on the resignation of Cigna Corp. chief executive officer H. Edward Hanway

"I'm not a complainer about the recession."

- entrepreneur Brian Ruby, CEO of newly opened Carbon Nanoprobes Inc.

"Yesterday it was a dream, today it is an airplane, tomorrow it will be an ambassador of renewable energies."

- adventurer Bertrand Piccard unveiling his solar-powered plane called Solar Impulse

"It's the same as it ever was. There's one supplier. It's still a monopoly."

- Stefanie Brand, director of the N.J. Division of Rate Counsel, on the state's electric-utility market