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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:23 AM Original message |
Nah, we aren't in a depression |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Im in Michigan, yes we are |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. delete |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I agree... |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's a big hit for those living in states with very weak social safety nets |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yup. Bus 'em to California. That's the plan. |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. I am SO glad to be living in Ohio... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Can he do that? nt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Yeah, he can |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. Depression is a drop of GDP of 10% in a year. It was -2.4% last year. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I Thought There Is No Text Book Definition Of Depression |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I read that a Depression is 4 quarters of neg. GDP. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's One Institution's Definition |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The GDP number is absolutely meaningless |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. +1.. This flew out the window when they stopped including |
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DisgustedInMN (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. 27%... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. +1 |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Yup |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. You beleive the goverments economic data? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Timmy Geithner: "All Is Well" (Video) |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. How the hell does this guy have a job nt. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. He's Been A Very Good Earner For His Patrons |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. His daddy worked with Obama's mommy...with the Ford Foundation in Indonesia.. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Serves at the pleasure of the President. Guess that tells the story, huh? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. but but but..the Goldman guys at the WH say all is happy ..of course they run the place..but |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The other 200 billion in not spent stimulus funds |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. I have discovered that a lot of stimulus funds |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If it is a State Government |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. I invite anyone that says things are getting better to come to my neighborhood |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. The old definition goes that it's a recession if your neighbor loses his job, |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. Front Page of my paper today: |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. That is where Hoover got himself in trouble |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
23. I agree with you. Thanks for the note of positivity! n/t |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. I was just thinking how me and my neighbor were out of work at the same time last year |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Crossing fingers for the continued employment of you and your neighbor |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Anecdotal evidence is just that |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I'm actually representative of the unemployment picture in my area |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well good for New Hampshire |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I remember learning in high school about how graphs can be laid out in such a way to soften the |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Interesting way to convey 10 million job losses over two years |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Exactly. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. This trend started last May and has continued |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I don't disbelieve the information. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. You have to start somewhere - these things don't just jump from losses to gains overnight |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I don't see a turnaround, even though that's what the graph could be viewed as. |
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