Interesting Question

[SS Junk]

Oh, I'm not surprised in the least. However, this board is not really an accurate representation of the state of Texas.

Debatable, at least for now anyway. Give it another 10 years and I will agree.

[BlackSnake]

That is because so many of them went out of business three years ago. Any uptick in demand is going to mean your phone will be ringing like crazy.

I have taken that into account, and I'm sure that has a little to do with it, but I still think its more than that.

I did this in the 80's too. I remember it all to well. Resembles the oncoming of a better future. Not saying that I am right, but it sure looks that way.

[BlackSnake]

True. My subs that are left are busy. They aren't making much money, but they're able to pay the bills.

Hopefully that will come next. We still are not making what we were, but the prices will get there in a year or so if this really is the come back.

[mikec]

Yep, everything is rosy as can be...Poll Results Here Read it!!!!

A Mere 80% Say They’re Not Better Off Than Four Years Ago
By Jim Geraghty
March 13, 2012 8:10 A.M.
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In today’s CBS News poll:

Compared to four years ago, is your family’s financial situation better today, worse today, or about the same?

The survey finds 20 percent say better today, 37 percent say worse today, and 43 percent say “about the same.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/293296/mere-80-say-theyre-not-better-four-years-ago

[mikec]

The economy and jobs remains the most important problem facing the country today, volunteered by 51% of Americans. Three in four Americans think the economy is at least some what bad – including 30% who say it is very bad.

Just 20% of Americans feel their family’s financial situation is better today than it was four years ago.
37% say it is worse, and
43% say it is about the same.

[UserX]

Stolen from another thread

#1 Median household income in the United States is down 7.8 percent since December 2007 after adjusting for inflation.
#2 There are 5.6 million less jobs than there were when the last recession began back in late 2007.
#3 The U.S. government says that the number of Americans “not in the labor force” rose by 17.9 million between 2000 and 2011. During the entire decade of the 1980s, the number of Americans “not in the labor force” rose by only 1.7 million.
#4 In 2007, the unemployment rate for the 20 to 29 age bracket was about 6.5 percent. Today, the unemployment rate for that same age group is about 13 percent.
#5 In 2007, 73.2 percent of all young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 that were not enrolled in school had jobs. Today, that number has declined to 65 percent.
#6 Back in the year 2000, more than 50 percent of all Americans teens had a job. This past summer, only 29.6% of all American teens had a job.
#7 When Barack Obama entered the White House, the number of “long-term unemployed workers” in the United States was approximately 2.6 million. Today, that number is sitting at 5.6 million.
#8 The average duration of unemployment in the United States is nearly three times as long as it was back in the year 2000.
#9 Back in 1950, more than 80 percent of all men in the United States had jobs. Today, less than 65 percent of all men in the United States have jobs.
#10 According to the Obama administration, about 20 percent of all jobs in the United States were manufacturing jobs back in the year 2000. Today, about 5 percent of all jobs in the United States are manufacturing jobs.
#11 Sadly, more than 56,000 manufacturing facilities in the United States have been shut down since 2001.
#12 Back in 1980, less than 30% of all jobs in the United States were low income jobs. Today, more than 40% of all jobs in the United States are low income jobs.
#13 The U.S. trade deficit with China during 2011 was 28 times larger than it was back in 1990.
#14 About twice as many new homes were sold in the United States in 1965 as are being sold today.
#15 Home prices in the 4th quarter of 2011 were four percent lower than they were during the 4th quarter of 2010. Overall, U.S. home prices are 34 percent lower than they were back at the peak of the housing bubble.
#16 The total value of household real estate in America has declined from $22.7 trillion in 2006 to $16.2 trillion today.
#17 At the end of 2011, 22.8 percent of all homes in the United States with a mortgage were in negative equity. That would have been unthinkable a decade or two ago.
#18 Total home mortgage debt in the United States is now about 5 times larger than it was just 20 years ago.
#19 Total consumer debt in the United States has increased by a whopping 1700% since 1971.
#20 Since the beginning of 2009, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States has increased by more than90 percent.
#21 The number of children living in poverty in the state of California has increased by 30 percent since 2007.
#22 Back in the year 2000, 11.3% of all Americans were living in poverty. Today, 15.1% of all Americans are living in poverty.
#23 In November 2008, 30.8 million Americans were on food stamps. Today, 46.5 million Americans are on food stamps.
#24 The U.S. dollar has lost 96.2 percent of its value since 1900. You can thank the Federal Reserve system for that.
#25 In 1950, the United States was #1 in GDP per capita. Today, the United States is #13 in GDP per capita.
#26 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 49 percent of all Americans live in a home that receives direct monetary benefits from the federal government. Back in 1983, less than a third of all Americans lived in a home that received direct monetary benefits from the federal government.
#27 In 1980, government transfer payments accounted for just 11.7% of all income. Today, government transfer payments account for more than 18 percent of all income.
#28 Federal housing assistance increased by a whopping 42 percent between 2006 and 2010.
#29 Medicare spending increased by 138 percent between 1999 and 2010.
#30 Back in 1990, the federal government accounted for 32 percent of all health care spending in America. Today, that figure is up to 45 percent and it is projected to surpass 50 percent very shortly.
#31 Back in 1965, only one out of every 50 Americans was on Medicaid. Today, one out of every 6 Americans is on Medicaid, and things are about to get a whole lot worse. It is being projected that Obamacare will add 16 million more Americans to the Medicaid rolls.
#32 Right now, spending by the federal government accounts for about 24 percent of GDP. Back in 2001, it accounted for just 18 percent.
#33 In 2004, the U.S. government had a budget deficit of a little over 412 billion dollars. This year, the U.S. government will run a budget deficit of over 1.3 trillion dollars.
#34 In 2001, the U.S. national debt was less than 6 trillion dollars. Today, it is over 15 trillion dollars and it is increasing by about 150 million dollars every single hour.
#35 The U.S. national debt is now more than 22 times larger than it was when Jimmy Carter became president.

[GhostTX]

Texas has been the exception to the economic "rule" of the country.

[crapstang]

Texas has been the exception to the economic "rule" of the country.

It's been pretty good, but it'll hit us hard if we don't start getting our act together. I want to be able to get a quality job when i graduate from college

[ceyko]

He has pumped BILLIONS of OUR tax dollars into "green energy" companies that are failing on a weekly basis, in return for contributions from these failed companies.

I was enlightened a little on this recently and it's just ANOTHER thing that pisses me off. NOTHING government-wise - as far as new stuff makes me happy - or at least happy enough to over ride the pissed off-ness.

Texas has been the exception to the economic "rule" of the country.

Very true I think. Family else-where and friends do not have it that well. Although our sales continue to grow, corporations are not hiring and are doing more with less.

[dmh165638]

He's added $4 trillion to our debt...in less than 4 years. Obama-care hasn't even kicked in, and the CBO (a no-political group) says it's severely "unsustainable". 6 million jobs are gone...GONE. Though unemployment is 8.3% (which is highly debatable), the under-employment rate is staggering. We still don't even have a budget! After 3 full years, our president has been spending money that is not even budgeted! If there's not a budget in your household, what do you do? Spend without discretion. He has pumped BILLIONS of OUR tax dollars into "green energy" companies that are failing on a weekly basis, in return for contributions from these failed companies. His "jobs czar" (Jeffrey Immelt) with GE) pays few tax dollars on GE's income, because most of his production is out of the country. I'm in the housing industry, and I see NO recovery at this point. With rates at an all time low (in recorded history), home sales are still dismal. There's never been an economic recovery in this country without homes sales doing well.

Other than that, shit is just wonderful!

This is spot on. Amazing how things can appear to be better than they really are when you have had $4trillion to throw around like monopoly money. Unfortunately we can only do that so much longer before we have to pay the piper!

[Vertnut]

This is spot on. Amazing how things can appear to be better than they really are when you have had $4trillion to throw around like monopoly money. Unfortunately we can only do that so much longer before we have to pay the piper!

The CBO had a news release yesterday that stated that Obama-Care will actually run double the amount they thought it would when it was passed. Their number back then was already double of what we were told by "the regime". DOUBLE. That means it's actually 4 times the amount that Barry, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi, told congress it would be when they voted to pass it.

[mikec]

Was driving through Sachse a few minutes ago, thinking about this thread, and started looking at all the strip centers as I went by. I saw at least 12-15 vacancies, on only one side of the road, that years ago were all full. This is just what you could see from the highway, not counting all the ones on the other sides of buildings and not in view.

Yeah, this economy is really kicking ass...

[ceyko]

Was driving through Sachse a few minutes ago, thinking about this thread, and started looking at all the strip centers as I went by. I saw at least 12-15 vacancies, on only one side of the road, that years ago were all full. This is just what you could see from the highway, not counting all the ones on the other sides of buildings and not in view.

Yeah, this economy is really kicking ass...

Down 78 there? It does seem to be getting worst.

[bcoop]

Don't expect anything but Obama hate from this site, right or wrong.

Give us a reason he should be respected.

[Wicked98Snake]

I don't think this question is very interesting.