HOW IS LOCAL BUSINESS DOING IN YOUR TOWN IN THIS DEPRESSION

11/18/2010


How is local business doing in your town due to
this severe recession ? Here in Santa Fe so many
restaurants have closed , just read about two more
and this town is known for it's restaurants. As far as
retail is concerned ver dire, I just found out last week
about a large retail four story building called " Simply
Santa Fe," is closing after being on the Plaza for decades.
Another is a children's toy store very well know Cherie
Cherie, Arius Art tile which has been around for 34 years
is gone, 25 galleries have closed this past year, tourists
are almost like the ghost of Christmas past. I don't ever
remember seeing it like this in my lifetime, I believe were
in a 1929 depression.......

Cheers...Joe..

Washington has not been as hard hit as some areas, however, building houses has ceased, logging stopped, some dentists are demanding cash payments on day of service. Unemployment around 10%.

11/18/2010

Alice..

We shall see ! Here un-employment is at 8.5%, I
read last night that the state is running out of money
and they are cutting it down to 46 weeks, they said
their paying out per day $850,000- per day for the un-
employed, they also said they would have to raise taxes
heavily on the companies to try to raise money.


Cheers...Joe

Joe,

We cannot fight costly wars, cut taxes and carry on as usual.

We must bite the bullet and decide if we wish to invest in our country and people or borrow to destroy other countries.

To have a war, taxes should have gone up not down.

Everyone would not have been so war happy if they paid for it.
Borrowing from others was too easy.

Is anyone happy with the results of the wars? We have lost precious people and are billions in debt.

What Alice said.

Ann

Ann,

Thank you for agreeing with me. I will go further-- giving tax cuts to the wealthy will help nobody.

Clinton raised taxes and we had a robust economy--a budget surplus.
It didnt' take long to get rid of that with the wars and tax cuts for the wealthy.

The wealthy do not help the poor, they help themselves and feel the poor should just work more.

If they worked 24 hours a day some people would still be poor. Why? Too many children, low paying jobs, poor health, etc.

I am getting riled up now. We should return to the Clinton taxes.

I do not want the taxes to be lowered for the rich. they will simply become richer and the poor will get poorer and we will be deeper in debt.

How do you get out of debt? By paying less on your debt? By borrowing more? I don't think so.

11/18/2010


Alice..

You are a wise lady, my hat off to you ! I elect you
the head of the treasury , they have to get rid of that
jackass who's the head of it ! All they think of in Washington
is spend, spend and more spending ! It's about time the people
take the bull by the horns and get rid of these politicians but
the public keeps coming back for more punishment by re-
electing them. Look at this other jackass Charlie Rangel from
NY , I know this turkey from living in NY all my life, he's a liar
and on top of it arrogant ! He should have lost his job plus his
salary, pension, benefits, at 80 he has to go !

Cheers..Joe

No thank you, Joe. It is far easier for me to say what should be done, than to do it.

A common problem.

11/19/2010


Alice..

Come on , accept the job, we would make a great team !
Just think of all the great things we could do, maybe
Shelagh would like to be part of our new govt, ? I know
she would put the other politicians to shame....


Cheers..Joe

The stores here look busy. Everyone I know has a job.

11/19/2010

LC.

I'm sure where you live it's not a tourist town,
but people now are being more careful on how they
spend , you never know when the govt. will collapse
we're living in a false economy, they keep spending
billions of dollars we don't have..


Cheers..Joe

joefrank wrote:

11/19/2010


Alice..

Come on , accept the job, we would make a great team !
Just think of all the great things we could do, maybe
Shelagh would like to be part of our new govt, ? I know
she would put the other politicians to shame....


Cheers..Joe

Okay, Joe,

You can throw the jerks out, I will get rid of the deficit.

The wealthy will pay higher taxes.

Shelagh can be in charge of war avoidance.

DK can be in charge of the needy.

Ann can be in charge of education.

We are the Dream Team!

11/19/2010


Alice..

What a way to go, we'll call it " The Dream Team "
it'll be a new group instead of Democrats & Republicans,
we will abide by the documents set up by our forfathers.
I vote for all listed on the team, now if Shelagh and the
rest will say yes, it'll be the shot heard around the world
and Washington, they'll run scared, Yes !!!!


Cheers..Joe

Joe,

That is right we are Republicrats or Demolicans. We will work together.

We dont' care who thinks of the idea if it seems feasable, we will try it.

We will have this country in shape in no time.

11/19/2010

Alice..

Where's the rest of our " Dream Team ?"
We need their votes, I'm dead serious.


Cheers..Joe

Joe,


They must be ignoring us--Bummer!