we're in a depression, coasting to full economic stop; here's my anecdotal evidence.

pine it my neegas! I love hearing "man on the street " economic reports. Hows things in midwest? Has the shale collapse started to bite in North Dakota? Think about all the thousands of people Sean Hannity convinced to head to South Dakota- that collapse will be friggin EPIC....

you all fail to see the new inustrial revolution on the horizon tha twill empower everyone and make most corporations obsolete and bankrupt:

Computer aided manufacturing, and AI robtic labor soon we'll all be "printing" everything we need....

no or very low barriers to entry...
no huge logistics import export costs..
low cost VTOL aircraft <------ GAME CHANGER


one problem though, "they" think theres too many of us to manage....

filter your water and food...

I could have written this post!

I'm in construction and banks are so tight that now we need performance bonds, payment bonds, builder's risk insurance, $400 for each inspection before a draw, additionally insured liability policies, 10 percent retainage, releases from each sub contractor prior to payment, and probably other things I can't think of right now.

There are jobs out there but the profit margin is 8 percent which is 4 percent overhead and 4 percent profit. Doesn't take much to screw up that kind of profit margin.

by october 2015, we'll see de facto marshalllaw (inshallah!) and widespread realization that the colkapse is real abd government claims of "recovery" are bullshit... Then WAR!!

Today, thanks to a growing economy, the recovery is touching more and more lives. Wages are finally starting to rise again. We know that more small business owners plan to raise their employees’ pay than at any time since 2007. But here’s the thing: Those of us here tonight, we need to set our sights higher than just making sure government doesn’t screw things up; that government doesn’t halt the progress we’re making. We need to do more than just do no harm. Tonight, together, let’s do more to restore the link between hard work and growing opportunity for every American. (Applause.)

[link to www.whitehouse.gov]

I was rolling my eyes as I pasted that ^^^ Fuck libs.

Last month, on the MLK holiday I noticed on my drive in to work that the traffic was incredibly light- at lest 70% less than normal. At first I said to myself, duhhh its a holiday... But here's the thing, the only people that get that holiday are government workers, corporate america has basically given a big EFF YOU to honoring the MLK legacy (rightly so IMO) anyway, heres the realization i came to:

Over 70% of he people working are government workers!! I work in construction, and I have for 20 years, the only thing thats been going OK since the 2009 crash has been COMMERCIAL construction and (I got outta residential in 2010) and now I'm seeing the same warning signs in commercial that foreshadowed the residential crash. The banks are tightening up and their sending inspectors out waaaaaay more than they have been, they're really interested in details now that they never cared for before. In fact they are even interviewing TENANTS in buildings we have renovated asking if they have any complaints or issues and they wanted to actually inspect a certain number of occupied apartments! NEVER have the banksters reps done that before as far as I've noticed.
I think commercial is about to take dive guys, contractors are getting HUNGRY again (Im a project manager) prices are coming down, materials prices still climbing , lumber is dropping a liiitle but concrete is still very high IMO (110/yd in N.California where I operate)

You idiot Obamba/Bush supporters have effectively destroyed this country with your uninformed voting..

America is headed for some serious AUSTERITY and we ain't used to that so keep yer powder dry Gliptards,
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Hard times are spreading, just like the flu,
watch out HOME BOY dont them get to you

Pu puh puh prices go up but your pockets go down
when you got short money you stuck on the ground!
Buh buh be ready, keep your eyes on top and
BE ON POINT FOR DA FUTURE SHOCK
(RUN DMC song, cant remember the lrest of the lyrics to their prescient song)

Last month, on the MLK holiday I noticed on my drive in to work that the traffic was incredibly light- at lest 70% less than normal. At first I said to myself, duhhh its a holiday... But here's the thing, the only people that get that holiday are government workers, corporate america has basically given a big EFF YOU to honoring the MLK legacy (rightly so IMO) anyway, heres the realization i came to:

Over 70% of he people working are government workers!! I work in construction, and I have for 20 years, the only thing thats been going OK since the 2009 crash has been COMMERCIAL construction and (I got outta residential in 2010) and now I'm seeing the same warning signs in commercial that foreshadowed the residential crash. The banks are tightening up and their sending inspectors out waaaaaay more than they have been, they're really interested in details now that they never cared for before. In fact they are even interviewing TENANTS in buildings we have renovated asking if they have any complaints or issues and they wanted to actually inspect a certain number of occupied apartments! NEVER have the banksters reps done that before as far as I've noticed.
I think commercial is about to take dive guys, contractors are getting HUNGRY again (Im a project manager) prices are coming down, materials prices still climbing , lumber is dropping a liiitle but concrete is still very high IMO (110/yd in N.California where I operate)

You idiot Obamba/Bush supporters have effectively destroyed this country with your uninformed voting..

America is headed for some serious AUSTERITY and we ain't used to that so keep yer powder dry Gliptards,
____________________________________________________________
​

Hard times are spreading, just like the flu,
watch out HOME BOY dont them get to you

Pu puh puh prices go up but your pockets go down
when you got short money you stuck on the ground!
Buh buh be ready, keep your eyes on top and
BE ON POINT FOR DA FUTURE SHOCK
(RUN DMC song, cant remember the lrest of the lyrics to their prescient song)

I guess it depends on which part of the country you live in... I am in a burb of ATL and I am amazed how busy restaurants and businesses are here. Here is an example: yesterday my mother and I went to Olive Garden for soup at 1:30 pm and waited for a table. We left at 3pm and the restaurant was still almost full of people. I realize most people live on credit however at some point that runs out...

Credit is easy again. People are maxing out those credit cards. It is like 2008 never happened. It is scary easy to get credit. The banks must have been told something in the past year or so by tptb.