Return of the Great Depression?

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chris' mom said:
i'm neither..as long as our economy gets back to where it needs to be and more jobs are opened up..is really all I care about
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you're called Independent like me... just that my view is more of moderate Conservative but I'm flexible in a way. :wave:
 
Ugh. Welcome to the Great Depression II.

At least my parents' and my sister's jobs are not lost. I'm an IT specialist at an university, so my job's secure. Schools, healthcare, and IT jobs are all secure jobs.
 
Re: the Depression, I think we could be at the abyss fairly quickly if certain forces come into play.

Re: conservative/liberal; if any of you are at either end of the spectrum, I imagine you would know what a certain radio talk show host means when he says he hopes Obama will fail. :lol:

Oh, and poo to those who use the Ignore feature.
 
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darkdog said:
As the thread opener, I commandeth everyone to behave! :ty:

How can you come down so hard on Bush for spending so much and then hope Obama spends even more? Is this a matter of principle? Or do you have some other reason for approving of this particular spending?

Things have not gotten anywhere close to the conditions of the Great Depression. The standard of living then was far below where it is now. At its peak, unemployment reached 25% during the Great Depression. Right now, it's around 7%. This isn't to say a Great Depression can't happen in the near future, but let's keep current situation in perspective.
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I guess you won't get an answer from Hear Again to your questions Darkdog.....
 
SnAzZyStyLe2002 said:
Ugh. Welcome to the Great Depression II.

At least my parents' and my sister's jobs are not lost. I'm an IT specialist at an university, so my job's secure. Schools, healthcare, and IT jobs are all secure jobs.
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Not always, you could get lay off in anytime, even when recession is worse.

For school, if state is unable to receive an efficient funds from tax then state would face to lay state employees off, including teachers and I know that some teachers got laid off during recession in 2001.

Same goes to hospital, if hospital faces less funds and low patients will be lay employees off.

For IT, heard of MS, IBM and EA, they are lay employees off.

All jobs are never secure, lay off could occur in anytime, especially recession.
 
SnAzZyStyLe2002 said:
Ugh. Welcome to the Great Depression II.

At least my parents' and my sister's jobs are not lost. I'm an IT specialist at an university, so my job's secure. Schools, healthcare, and IT jobs are all secure jobs.
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You Betcha! :laugh2:
 
Foxrac said:
Not always, you could get lay off in anytime, even when recession is worse.

For school, if state is unable to receive an efficient funds from tax then state would face to lay state employees off, including teachers and I know that some teachers got laid off during recession in 2001.

Same goes to hospital, if hospital faces less funds and low patients will be lay employees off.

For IT, heard of MS, IBM and EA, they are lay employees off.

All jobs are never secure, lay off could occur in anytime, especially recession.
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hospital? lay-off? I don't know where you've been but have you ever heard of hospital lay-off? Doctors are the most secured job in the world. There are always sick people.
 
Jiro said:
hospital? lay-off? I don't know where you've been but have you ever heard of hospital lay-off? Doctors are the most secured job in the world. There are always sick people.
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Yup, some did, especially on nurses.

I haven't heard about doctors but only nurses.
 
Foxrac said:
Yup, some did, especially on nurses.

I haven't heard about doctors but only nurses.
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actually you're right. Yes some doctors have been laid-off but not from hospitals. It's their own private offices that went kaput because most of them do not work with insurance companies (they rely on cash from patients) so yea - they're gone. bye bye!

Nurses... I HIGHLY doubt it because in America - there are ALWAYS shortage of nurses. It's a pretty safe job (and WELL-PAID!!) but stressful because they're on 12-hrs rotation. if nurses have been laid off... it's probably because they're useless :laugh2: but seriously - the other reason is that if doctors/nurses were laid off... it's probably because their hospital went belly-up. My hospital near me went bankrupted due to massive corruption. oh well!
 
Jiro said:
actually you're right. Yes some doctors have been laid-off but not from hospitals. It's their own private offices that went kaput because most of them do not work with insurance companies (they rely on cash from patients) so yea - they're gone. bye bye!

Nurses... I HIGHLY doubt it because in America - there are ALWAYS shortage of nurses. It's a pretty safe job (and WELL-PAID!!) but stressful because they're on 12-hrs rotation. if nurses have been laid off... it's probably because they're useless :laugh2:
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Some nurses does got laid off, my mother work at director for nurse at hospital and she said it's true for some hospitals if they are face struggle with funds.
 
Foxrac said:
Some nurses does got laid off, my mother work at director for nurse at hospital and she said it's true for some hospitals if they are face struggle with funds.
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whoops! you missed my re-edit. here - "but seriously - the other reason is that if doctors/nurses were laid off... it's probably because their hospital went belly-up. My hospital near me bankrupted due to massive corruption. oh well!"
 
Jiro said:
whoops! you missed my re-edit. here - "but seriously - the other reason is that if doctors/nurses were laid off... it's probably because their hospital went belly-up. My hospital near me bankrupted due to massive corruption. oh well!"
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Well, depends on hospitals, if hospital got plenty of nurses that don't meet to their funds then they will lay few nurses off to meet their budget and patient's demand.

If hospital don't have enough nurses to meet demand then they are safe with job and good for job opening.
 
Foxrac said:
Well, depends on hospitals, if hospital got plenty of nurses that don't meet to their funds then they will lay few nurses off to meet their budget and patient's demand.

If hospital don't have enough nurses to meet demand then they are safe with job and good for job opening.
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yep! it's very easy for nurses to find job somewhere else. there are always always in demand for doctor/nurse. but for IT? businessmen? good luck... :tears:
 
Jiro said:
hospital? lay-off? I don't know where you've been but have you ever heard of hospital lay-off? Doctors are the most secured job in the world. There are always sick people.
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They do lay off nurses, housekeeping, admin, and maintenance staff.
 
darkdog said:
Haha. I never expected to see the great Reba bow down to me, but here we are.............

I'm not worthy! I'm scum! I suck! :bowdown:
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:whip:

Feel better now? ;)
 
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