Do you believe the...

[butterfly77]

Job numbers that the bush administration has been posting for the past few years.How is the economy in your area and what state are you in...

[Waya]

1. Nope and the Economy is dead around here (PA)

[Mikey929]

2. Maryland

I'm in Maryland and things are great with me. Nice salary. Ton of business coming in the door. House is way up in value since I bought it four years ago. No complaints here. Unemployment is low too.

So overall, I'd say things are pretty decent.

[LiberalEsto]

4. I'm in Maryland too, but

I've been looking for a full-time job for years without any luck. I know lots of people in the same boat -- even a PhD driving school buses. At least I have a part-time job, but there's been hardly any work for me for the past few months, and it's hurting.

[teenagebambam]

9. Had a great job in Maryland...

...but moved to Florida six months ago and am starting to panic. Two adjunct teaching jobs, totaling about $7500/ year. And no benefits of course. Nothing else available.

[butterfly77]

10. I also think that a lot of it is age discrimination...

[LiberalEsto]

11. Absolutely

I'm 54.

[SmokingJacket]

3. Nope.

Things have been stagnating in a big way. And all the new jobs are crappy service ones. ALL of them.

Upstate NY, which never really had much of a boom, even in the Clinton years.

[butterfly77]

6. All of them are part time too...

[shaniqua6392]

5. We live in Michigan and it is horrible here for the past six years!

No jobs...more home foreclosures than you can possibly count. My daughter graduated two years ago with a five year teaching degree and has yet to find a job in her field. They are liars. I don't believe it for a minute.

[butterfly77]

7. I know the feeling ...

I live in michigan too...I always wonder when someone says relocate, I am trying to get a feel for what is going on around the country due to all of the lies.

[WinkyDink]

8. Bethlehem Steel here. 'Nuf said.