On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 09:39:29 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
I'll betcha that by May or June all the talk will be about how robust the
US economy is.

Eisboch


In the face of another half million American families losing their homes,
the creation of mostly "McJob" jobs, a few million more Americans without
health insurance, slumping retail sales, and a few more cuts in the prime
rate that have no impact?

Are you pimping for a job in the remains of the Bush Administration? :}

Heh. Hardly.
Just reporting a promising trend amidst all the doom and gloom we get
saturated with everyday.

Think of the children.

Um...

Sorry - different thread.

I watch and listen to CNBC a lot during the day and it's interesting
the opinions you get that go from full blown global depression to full
bore cheerleading for recovery.

And everybody has stats and anecdotal evidence to back it up.

If the experts don't know, who the hell does? You have to rely on
anecdotal evidence and mine is pretty positive. I know one engineer
who is out of a job and that's by personal choice - he's playing
caretaker to his six month old grand daughter and having a blast doing
it. Seriously, I've been out of the game for 14 years and I'm still
getting feelers from head hunters - I'm going to be 62 in July - how
bad can it be?

I know it's gotta be tougher for people in lower economic brackets -
just the cost of gas to get to work has to have an impact on
discretionary spending - I understand that. And maybe my view is
skewed because I'm more likely to notice job ads for people with some
technical skills. Electricians, plumbers, carpenters I know are doing
ok - keeping the bills paid and busy all the time - I just don't know.