The government says the economy is improving. We are out of our financial quagmire, things are improving, businesses are getting back to close to normal and we are getting closer and closer to where we were before.
I don't know what country's data this government is looking at.
The problem as I see it is that everybody deals with percentages only. That applies to the Federal government down to the local governments, financial people, and all the financial publications.
Nobody gives a damn about the individual. The idiotic radio blares about all the opportunities that are out there. The only thing is that one has to be a health care worker or a brain surgeon or something similar.
That doesn't help the poor schlub who lost his accountant job a year ago and can not find any work. Tell it to this guy that the economy is looking good, things are returning to normal.
This guy is collecting $405 a week unemployment benefit and has to support his family. Sends out his resume and gets nothing but rejections if he is lucky because most of the time there is no response at all.
The View from the Bottom is that I know this accountant and if his wife wouldn't work he would be in real trouble. And what about the middle aged woman who was an office assistant for several years but lost her job a few months ago. If the husband wouldn't have a job they would be out on the street.
She is over middle age, wants to work but very likely nobody will hire her.
They tell you in the media that middle aged workers are the best. They are reliable, they want to work, won't get pregnant. Too bad that this is only a theory. In practice it doesn't work. Nobody will hire a middle aged or over middle age worker. Age discrimination is rampant even if they deny it.
This government is living in the twilight zone. They refuse to acknowledge the actual situation. And the actual situation is bad.
Everywhere we go, in the city or in the suburbs we see empty storefronts. Closed businesses mean people unemployed. We have acquaintances who lost their jobs and can not find work at all.
Want ads are phony. Most of the ads are by agencies who do nothing just collect names for future use. The few companies that advertise are very secretive about their information. Understandably they don't want to be overran by prospective applicants.
The stimulus money that was supposed to create jobs did nothing but lined the pockets of the politicians and banks.
Where are all the new opportunities the glorious leadership was talking about?
The democrats got into power because the public thought they would do better than the republicans who supposedly got us into this mess.
Well, the democrats are not doing any better either. As a matter of fact they are doing so bad that I am sure they can kiss their current position goodbye. At the next elections they will be history. And that includes the Administration, too.
I am neither a democrat nor a republican. I vote for the right people. But it is becoming obvious that the the democrats I recently voted for are not the right people.
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I know for a fact that this goverment is totally,useless,as we watch our life savings dwindle away. Crack down on those dirt bag banks,create jobs. Where did our tax dollars go? Are we helping the rich to get richer,while people of the middle class are suffering.Our economy is totally equal to any third world countries.Get cracking,enough of empty promising and too much talking.It is time to get to work Mr.O!!!! Don't wait for a big tragedy!!!
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