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Air conditioning is out. Probably a wire chewed by rodents again. They get into the housing of the outdoor compressor and wreak havoc. Everything we've tried for keeping them out has achieved nothing.
It becomes clear that the repeated claims that "the recession is over" have been wishful thinking. Looking at the figures for the past two years, things look just flat. Consumer prices are creeping upward, with the exception of real estate, of course. Median incomes are declining. Unemployment is at the highest it has been since the 1960s, with only 58% of US adults employed full time. The weekly and monthly dithering about unemployment claims is misleading, both because it is based on a lot of conjecture about "who is looking for work" and the reporting methods are dubious. However, looking at those figures for the past two years, the "growth" in jobs has failed to keep up the the growth in population. This is not real growth, but just wishful thinking.
The rosiest pictures are being painted by the folks who stand to gain the most if Americans start risking their money in the stock markets again: the financial bankers and the brokers. Talk about letting a fox guard the henhouse!
It becomes clear that the repeated claims that "the recession is over" have been wishful thinking. Looking at the figures for the past two years, things look just flat. Consumer prices are creeping upward, with the exception of real estate, of course. Median incomes are declining. Unemployment is at the highest it has been since the 1960s, with only 58% of US adults employed full time. The weekly and monthly dithering about unemployment claims is misleading, both because it is based on a lot of conjecture about "who is looking for work" and the reporting methods are dubious. However, looking at those figures for the past two years, the "growth" in jobs has failed to keep up the the growth in population. This is not real growth, but just wishful thinking.
The rosiest pictures are being painted by the folks who stand to gain the most if Americans start risking their money in the stock markets again: the financial bankers and the brokers. Talk about letting a fox guard the henhouse!
