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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:18 AM Original message |
The last time we hit 10.2%... |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. Many people's retirement funds are invested in the destruction of the US economy. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. People were as freaked out then as now |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. The OP states people were *more* freaked out then |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They were equally freaked out |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. Big news overshadowing it today. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think that it hit 10% in 1983. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. 3) the people who lived through the great depression were still around. n/t |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. +1 my correct friend nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Right. And the 1983 recession ended, and people who remember that |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The suffering I saw in 82-83 was at least as sharp as today |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Yep. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I never understood that to be because of the recession though |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. yeap |
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Another Bill C. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Unemployment history here: |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. The media has no clue about how to talk about the economy |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. Everyone also thinks a supernatural 4 dimensional chess player will save them this time |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You're right...the invention of religion in 1985 has been a disaster |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It was the reinvention, whereas you deify your politicians |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Whatever that means |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Youll figure it out eventually. Its all chess, baby |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. I pity you. such bitterness must make life hard. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Who's bitter? |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. you think you know just exactly what's going on, |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Now who is making presumptions? |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. quite the little psychologist, aren't you? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No, but I may shed a single tear for the American people who will still be fucked |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. are you Canadian or something? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. how do you have Single Payer then? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Do you think its a birth right or something? |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. you said you already had your single payer pony, |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. First correct assumption of the day |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. so where are you located? France? UK? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Why is it relevant? |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. it explains why you would rather have no Public Option than the one we'll be getting |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Im not emotionally involved. I don't have Stockholm Syndrome. |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Do you think the Insurance Industry should be dismantled immediately? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That won't happen at all on the current course |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I can't take your insults seriously anymore. You don't even have a stake in this. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yes, those who aren't desperate and emotionally blinded have nothing to add |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. you definitely have something to add, I'm just trying to get you to consider all the variables |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I never said it was within reach today |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. There is about 100x the TV, movies, music, and of course the internet |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. 10.2% unemployment...1983...hmmm... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. We hit 10.8% in November 1982 |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Huh? Reagan first took office in what year? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. January 1981 |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. bluestateguy is referring to Reagan's re-election, not his first election. (nt) |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. We didn't have that many tv channels or other forms of |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. Americans have become increasingly numb to the non-stop destruction and decline of our economy |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. +1 n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. Point #3: Absolutely the case. n/t |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. Americans have been trained to be docile |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. +1 |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. I was 5 years old going on 6. |
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