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PJ Media Comments for Robert Spencer: 'All Muslims Are Terrorists and Must Die!'

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Targetpractice6/18/2012 6:35:25 pm PDT

re: #395 SidewaysQuark

Not at all. In fact, I’m quite impressed the economy as increased on the upward swing as quickly as it has. From what I’ve seen, our industrial output is up to what it was pre-recession, more or less. What isn’t up-to-snuff is the employment rate, and well, 3 things to say about that:

1) Employment is the most trailing indicator of recovery, not the leading indicator

AND

2) Our global and national economy has radically shifted - what was “employable” 5-10 years ago is simply not “employable” now, and we need to learn to make the shift

AND

3) Why should corporations hire when they have employees scared shitless to hang on to their jobs and produce more for no extra compensation? The big-wigs are enjoying this now.

A little bit of all these, if you ask me.

4) People are busy paying down all the debt they’ve acquired, particularly during the “good times” of the Bush Era, and so don’t have the disposable income necessary to fuel a booming recovery right now.

5) Folks are being told, day in and out, that Europe/China/etc are on the verge of their own meltdowns, which will likely spark a new recession, so are socking away money into “rainy day” funds.