Who's business is actually picking up???
 

Seems as though it's worse now for us online retailers than back when everyone started talking doomsday theory. The market's up, but where the hell are the sales???

Thoughts? I really want to know if things are getting better for ANYONE.

Well they want all us 'consumers' to get out there and 'consume', trouble with that is if you are laid off you don't have money, and if you are not laid off you are putting it in the mattress in case you do get laid off.

I have been saying for the last four or five years if you beggar the consumer in a consumer driven economy you have shot yourself in the foot, but they did it anyway. All those wealthy folk don't spend their money here, they travel the world and spend it overseas.

In answer to your question, things are actually a bit better because the Canadian dollar is climbing and my pension comes from Bell Canada.

Collections must be good, judging from the calls I keep getting concerning my employees.

Chas

This is by far my worst month. Getting better ? Not here..

Well, I'm still holding just barely steady, but my wife had her best month ever in real estate last month. We need jobs, and as long as American buisness keeps getting punished for doing buisness here, they will be tough to come by. Let's just hope that knee cap and tax is on the shelf for awhile. I like to think about what Reagan did, when he inherited an economy with double digit unemployment, double digit interest, and inflation running amok. He cut taxes from 70 to 28% and literally doubled the tax revenue for the government.:)

Advertising is starting to tick up a little. Automotive is starting to come back. That helps a lot.

I can agree with you there...

And sent us down the path that led to here. Pay down the debt. Raise taxes to do it. We can't cut taxes and keep Social Security, Medicade, Medicare and spend billions each year nation building.

Are you familiar with the Laffer Curve?

Chas

Let's help him out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve

You're making things too easy. Besides, unless the government gets spending under control it's just a moot point.

BTW, how did your party go...hope it was a success. You have Dwight Yokum on vinyl...reckon I'll have to do a search on Ebay.

Chas