Where is this economic recovery???

[Liberalboy]

I always thought that I had one of the post protected jobs in the world - a social worker with a State Child Welfare Department.

The city is going broke and it states they have to lay off 60 of us. We are already down 150 positions.


You know its bad when the child protection workers are losing their jobs.

Sigh

[brokensymmetry]

1. In China and India.

Their economies are growing nicely as U.S. corporations - cities - states - and the rethuglican party - outsource jobs.

Quite possibly, the job you had will be sent offshore.

Sorry...and best wishes for your future.

[rustydog]

2. Check the bank balances of Cheny and Bush and company

You'll see an amazing economic boom.

[Warpy]

3. Bush's economic policy has been 100% aimed

...at propping up a hyperinflated Dow. He's managed to do that with his tax cuts targeted towards the hoarders. What else are they going to do with the thousands of extra dollars? It's not enough to drive up the price of antiques or fine art, and gold isn't appreciating quickly enough, so they dump it into the stock market.

Too many people think that the Depression was 100% caused by the stock market crash and 100% cured by WWII. Neither is true, but simple minds like simple concepts, and no mind is simpler than the one in the Oval Office.

That is where the recovery is, it's restricted to about 5% of the US population. The men at the top are unable to conceive of people who have neither trust fund nor large portfolio to shield them against the unemployment caused by economic bungling, so they're pretty much unconcerned with job loss. In fact, the job "creation" they crow about is an estimate based on a formula, not a counting of how many people are actually employed.

Believe your eyes when it comes to this recovery. We have no inflation, yet food is up an average of 10$ across the board, fuel is up 30%, and medical care is through the roof. Gazillions of jobs have been created, but people have been out of work for a year or more, the help wanted ads in the paper get fewer every week, and foreclosures are up.

Yeah, there is a great recovery going on. 95% of us won't see any of it, though.

[Only Me]

8. Nice Post. n/t

[JanMichael]

4. With most states sales tax revenues either dropping or declining...

...and getting more expenses/services/costs dumped on them by a defunded Fed, it can kill a normally decent budget.

As to your job I'd say that a time when more kids are at risk it's a sad state that the people dedicated to their protection are now being "downsized".

Sorry to hear it...

[tritsofme]

11. I've read that at least 20 states will post budget surpluses for FY2004

The situation is getting better, just very slowly.

And its not due to tax cuts for the super rich, its due to the natural turnings of the business cycle.

[JanMichael]

15. And 30 or so won't. It's not as simple as many suggest.

Just been summoned to end the night so I'll have to just post this.

Good night.

[tandot]

5. I am sorry to hear that, Liberalboy

How dare they cut positions like that. Again, they are hurting those kids who already suffer so much. This is so disgusting. Social worker are already overworked, with a case load that is impossible to manage.

Just wait 'til one of those kids gets lost or hurt. The news will be all over that, blaming DHS and the social workers.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY??? Doesn't anyone read studies? If you don't take care of your kids, they end up in the Criminal Justice system. I guess there will be always money to build bigger and better prisons. What f*cking a**holes.

[Jacobin]

6. Housing!!!!.....oh wait, that bubble is bursting too.

:shrug:

[Only Me]

7. Your Job would have been more protected if we had had...

A Democratic Administration, like the Freepers have. The Republicans in good times are notorious for short changing much needed social programs. I think if they had their way the only welfare or social programs would be corprorate welfare and social programs taylored for them.

I thing right now with the Economy the way it is, social programs are need more than ever. But we can spend Trillions overseas, and pay the Iragis $80.00 aweek per person and rebuild a country we had no business in, back roll everything and rob our own people here and then leave us this huge debt to pay back, all because the Commander and Chief don't give a darn about the consequences.

How that man sleeps at night, I'll never know.

[shraby]

10. I'd like to see the numbers of

people on welfare right now. There is were the unemployed went when their unemployment benefits ran out. I notice the government doesn't publish those numbers anymore.

[Only Me]

12. I noticed that too. They don't tell what might hurt them. n/t

[Sirveri]

9. I haven't had a 'real' job since 2/02

The first six months were kinda fun. The last 21 have not been fun at all. They've been marked by desperation and insanity. Thoughts of suicide and lashing out at the society that let this happen.

One day, the rich bastards will drown in their own money and excess. And on that day we will finally be free to repeat the problem again.

[PassingFair]

13. The problem, in the words of the immortal BlackAdder...

...too many fat bastards eating all the pie!
Hang in there, Sirveri. There are good people all around. We will prevail, we always do, somehow.

[Only Me]

14. Sirveri, You are not alone.... I know that it gets hard,

We, four of us, live on $960.00 amonth. When I get really down, almost everyday, I always read something about someone else, and I know that I am not alone and so many of us are suffering right now.

Thats why we are active because we believe we ARE going to make it better eventually.

Hang in there. :hug: