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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:26 PM Original message |
Anyone on the ground seeing evidence to back up all the happy economic talk coming from Wall St ? |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope. People still without jobs. Losing their houses. On unemployment, food stamps, begging on |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. what the poloticals and biz have left us, 30 years started w/Reagan! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. The game is simple.. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I agree it is marketing |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. Much truth in what you say. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. My running index |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Flat wages for 10 yrs meant all most people had of value was their home ... |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep.. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. what do you make Suicide kits? |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. ha.... ha... actually.. |
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shedevil69taz (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Generally the stock market simply |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Traffic is geting worse.. |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. my company is laying people off in order to get the stock price "bounce" for the execs |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. Add in the price of gas, once again, taking money out of circulation to go in the gas tank |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Actually, yes. |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm less stressed about my work situation than I was last year, |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Still looking. Had a couple of hopeful prospects earlier but now on hold due to budget |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. The happy talk is just talk, imo. |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. we're in a depression. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Definitely a recession. |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. foreclosures continue to set a record every month here. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. I hate to point this out |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. If your area has jobs, I suggest you do not move. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. We are not planning to |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not even a hint of it ..... and I am in relatively prosperous Maryland |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. No, but my area will be the last to know anyways. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. 3 things |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Similar here |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. Just got back from a restaurant here in town that would have been empty this time of day a year ago |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. houses standing empty in my neighborhood now sold or rented, all but one |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes... my wife got a job... a good one... after 6 months looking |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Good to hear |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. What I believe we are seeing.. |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Thanks for the link..... |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. Maybe a little - could be seasonal |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, help wanted signs, some home construction, lots of houses getting new roofs and work done, a |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yep. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sure. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. My company added to the unemployment rolls here in Portland today. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. State tax revenues in GA crept up 1% from last year, but unemployment is over 10% |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
31. UC Berkeley hired an agency (for millions of dollars) to study how to cut costs |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
32. Yes. The economy is rebounding in Massachusetts. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. Who's hiring in Massachusetts? I haven't seen it. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Most job listings are not in the newspaper these days |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. I do look online. All the time. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. I see the turn in my business. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
35. my city is getting ready to layoff >700 teachers and state workers |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
38. No, not really, not in this neck of the woods. nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
40. It Sucks In Cen Fl |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Seconded. Gville sucks for jobs right now. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. Personally, I'm busier than all get out. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. When (not) my governor starts giving us raises again |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes, my son finally found a job, a UNION job at that. There are way more jobs/help wanted |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. Wall Street has sucked the money and jobs from the middle class and working class. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I can go down the names of posters and know exactly what many are saying |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. The markets generally reflect the view of what the economy will look like in 15-18 months. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. no |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. Not here in Wisconsin. Madison and Milwaukee have a few signs |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
54. Yes |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
56. What is really galling about CNBC touting we are in the midst of an economic recovery is... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. Not in these parts -- |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
58. As a matter of fact, yes. And I can see it nationwide at work. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
60. nope. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. Nevada here. Unemployment up last month-13.4% currently. 1st in foreclosures. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
63. businesses are spending money with other businesses |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. My town has gotten two new big-box stores built and opened in the past 6 months |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
66. I've seen several HELP WANTED signs just lately. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
67. Nope |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
68. My company has seen a slight increase |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
69. No jobs here, and foreclosures are still high. nt |
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protocol rv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
70. Several Economic Factors are Increasing |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
72. my husband hasnt received quarterly bonus for a year. he got one the other day, first time in too |
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