Strong car sales - a sign of a real recovery.
 

Does the strong car sales mean the recovery is for real?....will not sputter and die.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23150656

Who knows.

But, explain to me how it could possibly be a bad thing.

I'm sure someone will be along shortly with some cockamamie ideas to that effect.

Dave

EZ credit!!!

No money down!!!

Buy now and save!!!

Since our currency, and our economy, is based on debt, I think everyone should jump on the bandwagon.

Except for me.

Chas

Screw it, I'm driving my '03 Ford p/up till the wheels fall off or until some asshole t-bones it and kills me.

Death clears all debts....Well, for the deceased, anyhow.:D

Dave

Definitely not good for the economy. :D

One thing that puzzles me is that if the economy is so weak why are all the commutes still awful? Sometimes I think that there are more people working than before...at least that is how it seems here in California.

The city seems to be attracting a lot of young bright people from various states and all over the world. Brooklyn has a lot of energy.

The mayor, like him or not, has really put a lot of effort in creating a high tech sector.
And right now the people on Wall Street are smiling.

Maryland is back at 95% of the jobs lost now recovered.

Good question. Have you considerd the possibility that some of the doomsaying is contrived, because a certain powerful party has a vested interest in keeping it's followers feeling miserable and hopeless?

Dave

Oh, NO! This does not bode well. Just think of all of the credit Romney could have stolen for this........................it's so sad.

Dave

I would like to believe that, but I think there are many who gave up looking for good....plus I have seen how my private employer has been treating the workers where I shoot rays on the weekend...they recently just laid off all of the EKG techs.... I guess they are going to make the nurses do it....more with less. It is all bottom line.

"I would like to believe that, but I think there are many who gave up looking for good..."

They gave up because they were lazy f**ks to begin with. Getting laid off was an excuse to find a teet and stay on it. I know people such as this. Twenty years after a recession, they will still tell you there is no work to be found. They became Republicans in 2009, because they are tired of "the niggers" living off of other people and were afraid that "Libtard", "So(c)ialist nigger", "Communist Muslim" or any variety of half-baked derogatory names they have for the president, wants to take their guns.:rolleyes:

Lordy be, just don't touch their guns, their Bibles, or their welfare checks. It'll be the end of ya. And, they aint no damned racists, neither!

Dave

"...plus I have seen how my private employer has been treating the workers where I shoot rays on the weekend...they recently just laid off all of the EKG techs.... I guess they are going to make the nurses do it....more with less. It is all bottom line."

Yep. You'd be amazed how many out here think these same wolves actually care about them. "They're doing it for our own good. It's the only way they can save our jobs." Really?

Dave

I been seeing a lot of people leave a fair paining job with excellent benefits to go back to work in the field they came from for even better jobs.

This tells me something must be getting better, at least local

Well, things have improved somewhat. The economy still has a ways to go.

And some regions are doing better than others.

Chas

I see California has balanced their budget. Seein' as how the Golden State is such a big fish, that can only be good news.

Dave

Ain't that summin'....

Like I stated above, folks are leaving a solid position for other jobs outside the company. Not just one but several in the last month and a few going in a few weeks this month. This is not only a positive for the folks leaving but opens up several fair paying jobs with excellent benefits.

This coming from what was said to be the hardest hit city in the country......

That's good news, Paul. I remember seeing that people in Vegas were living in the vast storm drains under the city after losing their jobs and their homes. Pretty dismal life if you ask me.
It was on PBS or one of those other subversive lefty news programs.
Hmmmm, a mutual friend of ours was loudly proclaiming that Cali was broke, not too long ago....:rolleyes: