Anyone's job effected by the economy?

Yes and no. Gub'ment does't let people go remember. There will always be crooks. I'm also a therapist so the economy doesn't really touch me much. When it is bad, more people have issues so I get business, when its good, people have money to pay for fixing the little nuances in their lives. Knock on wood it stays that way.

Sorry to hear you lost your pals. Glad you still have a job.

I thought you were changing jobs Void.

I got an unsolicited and unexpected raise.

Sorry to hear that your friends lost their jobs, though.

theres alot of projects planned here,but only a few are breaking ground..

with Obama taxing the millionaires more,that might have an effect

Its always easier to blame one person then it is to blame the millions who fucked up.

theres alot of projects planned here,but only a few are breaking ground..

Are you in the construction industry?

Everyone's job is affected by the economy in one way or another.

Dave and pony don't work for a living, they only post on forums and sit home waiting for welfare checks, losers.

They cut those jobs so when Obama raises their income tax...they still get the same amount at the end of the day!!

I will do it, friggen Carter was a waste.

Maybe so, but full speed ahead, and up. where I work right now.

Tell us again how the president can use an Executive Order to do away with the second amendment.

yep,maui wowie..all we build is multi-million dollar condo projects..the west side is booming..kanapali

how about your self..mr. jmar

The simple truth is that the courts cannot be counted upon to check Presidential power — our research has been able to identify only two cases in the history of the country in which the courts have struck down completely an executive order.

Congress has done little more than the courts in restricting presidential lawmaking. Nevertheless, Congress did make one bold step to check executive powers in the related arenas of executive orders, states of emergency and emergency powers. The Congressional concern led to the creation of a Special Senate Committee on the Termination of the National Emergency, co-chaired by Sens. Frank Church (D-ID) and Charles Mathias, Jr. (R-MD), more than 25 years ago. The diligent efforts of this committee resulted in the successful codification of efforts to restore the Constitutional separation of powers, through a check on the presidential exercise of "emergency powers," by means of the National Emergencies Act. Other contemporaneous statutory efforts to check presidents’ unconstitutional exercise of power include the War Powers Resolution, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the amendment of the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917.

Unfortunately, these 1970s efforts to impose restraints on unconstitutional exercises of power by presidents have been ineffective — witness the inability of Representatives and Senators to obtain judicial review of President Clinton’s war upon the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia pursuant to the terms of the War Powers Resolution. Likewise, notwithstanding the National Emergencies Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the number of presidentially-declared national emergencies has exploded. Since then, although individual members of Congress have spoken out, the Congress has failed to act.
Two proposals are currently before the House which would address this concern. First there is Rep. Metcalf’s H. Con. Res. 30, which would express:

Lastly, I would say that concerns about presidential lawmaking must not be written off as attacks on the policies underlying the executive orders. This is not partisan politics masquerading as separation of powers issues. It is true that it finds fault with President Clinton, but it is also finds fault with Presidents Reagan, Bush, and others. As a review of the above-mentioned CRS report will demonstrate, presidential directives were used to legislate to accomplish political objectives which could be viewed as "liberal" and political objectives which could be viewed as "conservative." No constitutional power should be misused, irrespective of the benefit perceived for a political objective. If constitutional processes are violated, in the end, we all lose.

http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-wo102799.html


But please keep telling people the Executive Order has no power and cant undermined anything that is in the constitution.

We're experiencing a slow down in the dental biz. Back after 9/11, we were hearing from plenty dentists and dental labs that they were real slow while we were saying everything was fine with our practice, then about 4 months later it seemed like the bottom dropped out. Took us about 4 years to get back up to what we were doing pre-9/11 then Katrina hit. Since we returned after Katrina, we've been doing great - last year was my best in 17 years of practice and this year was on pace to slightly top it.
Then everyone down here evacuated for Gustav, some people down in our area took a hit, and our schedule fell apart. A week or two later and it looked like we might have to evac again (false alarm) so people were still on edge and we weren't booked like normal. The schedule just seemed to be getting back on track in the past couple weeks, but it would fill up then we'd get tons of cancellations. Then a couple days ago another dentist called us to see if we were slow.
Dental treatment - unless you're in pain - is a luxury (especially in La.) and falls under discretionary income, not a necessity for most people. It was hard for us to get a handle on things initially since we saw the effects from the Gustav evacuation sucking up peoples' money, but at this point I can definitely say we are feeling the effects of the downturn in the economy.

Things have gotten significantly slower here. I've been at the airport 6 years and this is the first year that passenger flow hasn't only gone up, it's dropped. A bunch of the casino's have started lay-offs and 4 day work weeks. So far my wife's ok, but her income (tips) has dropped dramatically.

My dad lost his job. And if I had to guess it was a direct result of the economy. He didn't grow enough business this year. Plus he was making way more than anyone else doing his job, working at the company for 20+ years and all.

I'm doing great. People still want to travel...

We still got sick people and fires here in DC, so my work hasn't changed yet.

haha-

I just remembered when you freaked me out when I was going through security that time.

"Hey TFS."

"Who the fuck said that?"

I'm glad I'm not freelancing anymore. Everyone was cutting back and getting slow to pay.

Yep, you definitely had that "Oh shit, what now?" look.

I'm able to bid minimum schedule, sometimes a zero hour line. Nobody has been laid off as of now, and it's worked out great for me. I've been able to work my part time gig into a full time one. I'll keep trying for a zero hour line as long as they offer it.

Niche market here...
I have work from Germany.
How about it ,I'm cheaper then there unions & socialistic society.
For every two european suppliers they cut they are adding one outside of europe.

Yep, the White guy with the last name Smith
from the States making $65,000 @ yr is the cheaper SCAB !?!

My whole industry tanked and I lost my company. No goberment bailout for me. My income is down 75% but I am still making my mortgage payments and keeping the ex-wife happy.

No one to blame but the dumbass in the mirror for not preparing for the worst a little better. Of course I don't have a lot of respect for the wall street good ole boys who are probably a little better off than I.

Yeah, we are busier than a set of jumper cables at a mexican wedding. There is a recession going on and we decided not to participate...

yer a fucking idiot...aren't you scooter?

Three months ago I was working at a power plant

Three weeks ago I was at an oil refinery

Three days ago a military base ..

Started a job at bleach plant this week .

No idea about next week .

If work slows down with the co. I'm at . I sign the union out of work list and usually have a new job withing a week or two

With gas prices falling , my economy is getting better as I have to commute 50-100 miles one way to work

I'm just glad to be working all the time . In 2005 I collected about two weeks of unemployment , and that pays about $525 a week for sitting on the couch