Unemployment galluping down

[piece-itpete]

I don't mean to be a wet blanket Dave, it's just really tough out there.

Some good news - the US is still the biggest economy and can create it's own growth. We've outpaced Europe over the years sometimes by a real lot.

And manufacturing has been up for 26 consecutive months.

I think the real harbringer of good times a'coming would be RE values starting to creep up.

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I don't mean to be a wet blanket Dave, it's just really tough out there.

Some good news - the US is still the biggest economy and can create it's own growth. We've outpaced Europe over the years sometimes by a real lot.

And manufacturing has been up for 26 consecutive months.

I think the real harbringer of good times a'coming would be RE values starting to creep up.

Pete

OMG! Positivity? Are you sure that manufacturing being up isn't really some sign that the end of times is nigh, unless we hurry up and elect some rightwing windbag to strap on his/her cape and save us from the clutches of a permanent state of decline and disaster?

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I think the real harbringer of good times a'coming would be RE values starting to creep up.

Pete

Not going to happen for a while yet. The friggin' things are still grossly overpriced. Even when unemployment drops....Who can afford them? Can't make a $1,500 mortgage payment on $10/hour.

BTW. Through it all, I have always believed, and always will, that Americas best days lie yet ahead. We just have to accomplish three things, IMHO.

1). Get our politicians to stop trying to destroy each other. Of all things, I fear single party rule the most. If it hasn't become obvious to anyone that that's what all too many of them are up to.........That person is dumb, deaf and blind.

2). Get Americans to start caring about each other again. This constant effort to drag each other down and strip each other of the things we all work for cannot lead to anything good. Not for the average American, anyhow.

3) Stinginess and unbridled greed have got to go. There is a difference between healthy incentivised ambition, and this obscene "Gordon Gekko" style of avaricious pillaging. The first builds. The second only destroys.
Our country was a far better place when we lauded generosity, and hissed at the self-centered and insatiable.

Dave