Avalux
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:40 PM
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"When are we going to FEEL the effects? Huh? WHEN??" |
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"Tell me when we are going to feel the effects of the stimulus bill?? How quickly are those people who are jobless going to find employment?"
- Alex (T)Witt of MSNBC badgering a US News and World Report reporter.
This country has got to get beyond instant gratification. There is no quick fix to the mess we're in; in fact, it's the main REASON we we're in it. It's almost as if no one's listening to Obama when he says the situation is very serious and it's going to take time and people are going to have to be patient.
Sometimes I wonder if Americans even know the meaning of that word. :shrug:
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:42 PM
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1. That's funny. AIG and Citibank didn't have to wait for THEIR bailout. |
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But Americans who are out of work are just too damn impatient? :wtf:
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Avalux
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:46 PM
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Edited on Thu Feb-12-09 12:48 PM by Avalux
I lost my job last Monday. I hold no fantasies that when Obama signs the stimulus bill I will suddenly have a job and that the economy will suddenly improve.
Recovery will take time; with me personally and with the economy.
So yeah, I get annoyed with these impatient idiots on TV who have high expectations of immediate relief from the bill. I also question the motives for their 'concern'.
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:48 PM
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9. so sorry. I know how painful it is. |
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:52 PM
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:50 PM
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12. And my point is that "recovery" took no time at all for the rich and well connected. |
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They've already gotten hundreds of billions of taxpayer $$$. You just blew off that (minor?) detail...
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:51 PM
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14. My post is specific to the stimulus and job creation - not anything else. n/t |
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:54 PM
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18. Oh, I see. Well, if you ignore current events, then your point is a good one. |
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If you are aware of the alacrity with which hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer monies were distributed to the likes of GE, Citi, and AIG, then your point makes little sense, however.
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:43 PM
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2. oh right -- tell the unemployed they have a problem with *instant gratification* |
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Tell THAT to the ones who have been out of work for months. Tell them to their faces. :grr:
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:44 PM
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3. Fer cryin' out loud, the bill hasn't even been officially voted on or |
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passed yet. Seems a lot of the unemployed are a lot more patient than people on DU.
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:47 PM
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6. yeah. lots of them are becoming homeless |
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Silence + Homeless = Patience on DU, huh? :sarcasm:
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:48 PM
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8. No one will feel ANY effects until the bill is signed into law. Got that? nt |
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:53 PM
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:47 PM
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7. Well the increase in $ for unemployed, extension of unemployment benefits, and increase in food |
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stamps should start fairly soon. The tax cut portion in the second half of this year.
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:51 PM
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13. That will definitely help. |
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I just worry that if those waiting in judgment (MSM and repukes) don't see immediate returns in the economic numbers, the stimulus will be deemed a failure.
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:48 PM
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10. Consumer spending is up this month, first time in six months. |
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First economic good news in a LONG time.
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:58 PM
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19. spending "MAY" have been up 1 percent but YOY still down.... |
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"The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $344.6 billion, an increase of 1.0 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month, but 9.7 percent (±0.7%) below January 2008. ""but not for price changes"" gas prices have been going up. part of the spending "increase"???
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Thu Feb-12-09 01:00 PM
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20. We need confidence and positive news, so I will take it and spread it. |
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I know it's barely something to mention, but little by little, it will help.
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Thu Feb-12-09 01:00 PM
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:50 PM
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11. Agreed, but it'd be nice if... |
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...we had some idea when we'd pullout of this mess.
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Thu Feb-12-09 12:53 PM
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16. there should be a news celebrity lay off. that would go a long way for positive effects. nt |
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Thu Feb-12-09 01:46 PM
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22. Patience requires maturity. I was much more impatient when I was |
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younger. But it's gotten ridiculous these days. I have large numbers of clients that actually expect their sick animal to be diagnosed and successfully treated within one to two hours, the length of a typical TV show or movie.
It's that Idiocracy thing, I'm afraid........
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Thu Feb-12-09 02:05 PM
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23. I posted on a related topic you might find of interest, over here... |
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Thu Feb-12-09 02:15 PM
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24. Considering it took eight years of fiscal malfeasance to run this ship aground |
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I'm guessing it will take until March, at least. What a pinhead Mr. Witt is.
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