Unofficial Economic Poll

[FarmerChick]

HMMMMM........ hard to say depression. A greater depression was averted but only postponed I think. Just like judgement day. Here were I live things are not getting better. Things always slow down in the winter on the island but this yr there is a little something different in the air. The state and feds are not helping things out up here either. More regs on fishing, cutting bait by 1/2 next yr. More mandates for our school with no funds behind it but the local tax burden. The subsidty in our school was cut by 68,000. The building industry in flat and looking to drop off the planet at anytime. The boat yards have layed off a lot of guys. Local lumber yard is dead, no deliveries so lay offs or cut back will happen soon. Our smaller businesses are closing early this yr. Money is tight and people are getting restless. We have already had 2 major break ins, pharmacy and grocery store. 2 major assaults one with a pipe to the back of a head. 3 major accidents with speed and drinking involved. Not bad for a small 3000 person island. A hear a lot more gun shots this fall. People are ruder in the stores. Especially if you have work and they don't. The fear of the NiHI is not helping with the ids in school either. Kids are picing on my kid because she doesn't vaccinate but she is never sick and the kids that are doing the picking are always sick. I guess the vitamins , healthy life style, and organic diet might be a factor.

I think we are in for some tough yrs ahead. My family and I have been planning for this for yrs and think we can weather it with our heads above water but lots of islanders are not going to mae it. I see a loss of some more culture as the rich with money will come in and buy more property up and squash those less fortunate. I say eat the rich and keep your powder dry!!! JUST MY 2 WORTHLESS CENTS!!!

WOW--rough definitely...small communities like that do suffer severely.

 

[modern_pioneer]

There is now way in hell I am letting my wife read THIS thread, after is went CHOCOLATE!


Back to the original question......Yes, I believe we ARE in a depression, but I am not getting worried......yet.
We have guns, ammo and food. Oh, and lots of canning supplies.

I also have a cold storage unit, generator, and fish.... I have enough flour to make 50 loaves of bread, I also have at least 11 deer on my property from time to time.

So yeah, we're good....

 

[THEFAN]

We have this ex-goldman sachs ass buying up property like it was his hobbie.....O wait it is his hobbie and tax game. I'm sure he is hedging. since he can't make money in China anymore now he is buying up property and businesess. It's people like this that make me sick.

I degress now. On the peasent front there has been a lot of suppers to raise money for the local food pantry and heating assistants. Local grange has been making lap robs for our nursing home. So there is some good going on but the water is muring over all.

I really think people need to make there voice heard next yr. I feel we need to vote out Congess and vote in Constitutional and Real people. R and D a like must go. There both the same and need to go. I feel all news is propaganda right now and is theater in Washington. DTA
If we really want to make it thru the storm ahead we need to end lobbiest, cap gov spending, AUDIT THE FED, stop corp welfare, and DEFEND STATE RIGHTS!!!!!! At that level we the people can make a real differance. I know I sit on a school board and see a lot of connections with fed, state and local powers.

Sorry for the rant but I am tired of the oppression of the lower classes!!!! This is not what our forefather had inmind!!!

 

[Up-the-Creek]

I find it absolutely fascinating how deverse this country is. In our little neck of the woods, not much has changed. The mines have slowed down a bit,..but there is other jobs picking up. We have windmills going up on our mountains and many new road jobs,..I am sure there is job loss to some here,..I just don't know anyone personally that is in that situation. I think here it has always been hard and people here just don't notice too much.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

We have this ex-goldman sachs ass buying up property like it was his hobbie.....O wait it is his hobbie and tax game. I'm sure he is hedging. since he can't make money in China anymore now he is buying up property and businesess. It's people like this that make me sick.

It makes me sick to think of it too. :/

I agree with a lot of what you said. The Republorats are far too comfortable.

 

[me&thegals]

My mom thinks old women are pushy because they got tired of being nice and seeing how far that got them in life.

That makes such complete and perfect sense! I plan to be a monster when I'm elderly.

 

[Wifezilla]

And stories like show you one of the reasons the world is going to hel!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy.../02/AR2009120204345.html?wpisrc=nl_pmheadline

 

[DrakeMaiden]

And stories like show you one of the reasons the world is going to hel!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy.../02/AR2009120204345.html?wpisrc=nl_pmheadline

 

[SKR8PN]

There is now way in hell I am letting my wife read THIS thread, after is went CHOCOLATE!


Back to the original question......Yes, I believe we ARE in a depression, but I am not getting worried......yet.
We have guns, ammo and food. Oh, and lots of canning supplies.

You're gonna need that gun and ammo to provide chocolate for your wife!

I have been deer hunting, and I have been rabbit hunting........I have even been VARMINT hunting...........but I have NEVER been CHOCOLATE HUNTING! WTH does a CHOCOLATE look like anyway? What caliber do you recommend I use? Shotgun ? Rifle? Pistol? Or do you TRAP it?
Help me out here ladies....

 

[Big Daddy]

Unemployment at the height of the depression was 24.75% Haven't seen that yet. When bread lines become a common sight with tent cities all over the place then I will say " Yes. we are in a depression".