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SodoffBush
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Sun Jan-04-09 06:21 AM Original message |
Are you better off now than you were four years ago? |
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Hissyspit
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Sun Jan-04-09 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Go to Bureau of Labor Statistics for unemployment reports: |
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SodoffBush
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Sun Jan-04-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I thought things were bad in 2003 |
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SodoffBush
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. No job creation in 2008, only job loss |
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pinqy
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Tue Jan-06-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. How do they cook the books? |
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Beausoleil
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Tue Jan-06-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Check out this site for info |
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pinqy
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Tue Jan-06-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Oh, I'm familiar with shadowstats |
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Beausoleil
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Tue Jan-06-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Maybe it's more of a general assumption |
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pinqy
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Wed Jan-07-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Maybe, sort of... |
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Beausoleil
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Wed Jan-07-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Obviously you know a lot more about this stuff than I do |
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cabluedem
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Sun Jan-04-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nope. Things started going south before 9/11 for us. Hope * is happy. nt |
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taterguy
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Sun Jan-04-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes |
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EnviroBat
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Tue Jan-06-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Same here. |
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Double T
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Look around US; see the absolute destruction this administration has bestowed....... |
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SodoffBush
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. A lot of wingnuts lost their positions in November |
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bdamomma
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Tue Jan-06-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. no Jeb either. |
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HughBeaumont
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Read this journal entry for overall job creation (or lack thereof): |
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SodoffBush
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. 9.4 million jobs lost since 2001 |
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ogneopasno
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, as of August. But it got worse since January 2004 before it got better. |
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SodoffBush
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. BUSH LIED AND OUR SOLDIERS DIED |
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spinbaby
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Tue Jan-06-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. Not too bad, actually |
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slackmaster
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Tue Jan-06-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. No, I am at the same job that I had then, and the pay has not kept up with cost of living |
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geardaddy
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Tue Jan-06-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. Nope. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Tue Jan-06-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Financially? Yes, I Am. |
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Zywiec
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Tue Jan-06-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. How about your investments? n/t |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Tue Jan-06-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Don't Really Have Any. House Value Is Still Fine Though. |
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Zywiec
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Tue Jan-06-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's awesome. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Tue Jan-06-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. How Old Are You? If You Aren't Close To Retirement, Ignore The Immediate 401k Losses. |
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Zywiec
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Tue Jan-06-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I still have plenty of years until retirement |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jan-06-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. i can finally say NO, it has hit us. with increases in food and everything else |
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RebelOne
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Tue Jan-06-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. No, there has been no change for me. |
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uppityperson
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Tue Jan-06-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. No, I am not. Owe more, making less. |
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taught_me_patience
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Wed Jan-07-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. I've been very lucky the last 4 years |
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Cleita
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Wed Jan-07-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. I still have the same roof over my head and enough to eat, but |
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Marr
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Wed Jan-07-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Certainly not. My retirement has shrunk by almost half, |
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