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Originally Posted by tony286
One more time, a consumer based economy only works if people can afford to spend money. When I was hired by gm in 1985 to work on the line, I started at $11.35 an hr. now we see factory work is offering $9.50 an hr. My wife 15 yrs ago went for a reception job They offered $11 an hour for a high school grad, I saw one craigslist list recently ,they wanted a 4 hr degree and paralegal experience and it started at $10 an hr. This isnt good, wages should be going up, not down. And considering we all sell products this is should be very disturbing.
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Maybe you should of backed a President that didn't have it planned to tank the economy then? I've read this forum enough to know you were pro Obama and didn't like Bush, yet compare employment numbers. Compare the Economy from Bush to Obama. Why are you not critical of Obama now? Its obvious the problems we have now have way more to do with Obama and a Dem controlled Senate. So anyone that was pro Obama is now quite as a church mouse about the economy, but if those numbers were Bush's you would of been screaming bloody murder. It goes to show that you can't be unbiased. Romney wasn't my candidate nor was Obama. I wanted Gary Johnson in there.
Economy is going down in flames. That is why people are paying less. They don't have the margins to pay more. So guess what.. sometimes when things are bad people have to suck it up, spend less, budget more, work extra. Work 2 jobs if you have to. Sorry that sucks, but that is the only way to get things going again. If everyone helps pull the weight, and doesn't ask for handouts, and charity from the government, or from their employers, things will right themselves again. But that won't happen. Everyone wants something for free. Why? Ask all the Obama voters. That was more or less his platform. Vote for me .... you'll get "free shit". He made your bed, now lie in it.
