Here it is folks! The true state of the economy. We're in a depression. [View All]

[Robin Hood]

This past week Oregon's unemployment numbers went from 7.7% to 7.1%. They trotted out some dummy for the news cameras from the unemployment office this past week, to declare that the recession appears to be over. I have been looking for work off and on for three years now, and I have watched the jobs announcement pages shrink and shrink, month by month.

I live in the Portland Oregon Metro area. There are about 1 1/2 million people in this area. My local paper(The Oregonian)updates their on line job announcements at around 1:AM every morning.

This is the Sunday morning paper. The time of the week when the majority of all jobs are listed for the week. Remember that the Portland Oregon Metro area is the most populace place in Oregon.

I am up late yet again and this Sunday mornings paper is just awful. There are virtually no jobs. See for your self. The true barometer of the economy.

http://www.oregonlive.com/jobs/quicksearch

Here's the run down.
Categories #jobs
Advertising/marketing. 1
Civil Service. 0
Communications. 0
Computers/High technology. 41
Domestic help/in-home care. 0
Education/training employment. 0
Engineering. 3
Finance/Insurance. 9
Health care/Social services. 71
Hospitality & Food services. 25
Human resources. 0
Legal. 0
Manufacturing. 1
Office employment. 1
Other jobs. 18
Part time -work from home. 1
Sales/Retail. 8
Sciences. 1
Trades. 8
Transportation. +2

The sudden drop in Oregon's unemployment from 7.7% to 7.1 was not due because of people gaining employment. It was due to people losing their un-employment benefits. And this is why the Republicans don't want to extend un-employment benefits because it tells some of the truth about Bush's real economy.

This is the barometer for the State of our country's economy, i am the true barometer, and I am here to tell you that when Kerry gets elected we will find out the truth about Bush's economy. I believe the truth is that we are in a full blown depression not a jobless recovery from a recession.

I am so dis-heartened and tired. I can't afford four more years of this. Please....Please vote these lying crooks out of office so I and my family don't have to go homeless. We have just about used up our savings from the Clinton years.

I have an interview on Monday for a job working for the State's mental health hospital as a mental health tech. I talked to their HR and they said that they got an overwhelming response to their ad, I bet they did. I am qualified but I am not getting my hopes up.

I am tired of being disappointed. Hell, I am just plain tired.

If you read it this far, thanks for listening.