Who knew this was crock of $#@% Friday? Two reports on the same day? What can it mean?
April 3, 2015
Three cheers for Washington
But compare us, and your own circumstances I hope, to the state of other countries and citizens around the world.
My life is better than the life of a Chinese factory worker! I'm also doing better than many in Syria and the Ukraine! Woohoo! Thanks Washington!
Or compare the U.S. now to the 1930s.
The U.S. does seem to be doing a bit better than it was during the Great Depression! Only 46 million or so on food stamps! What lofty goals we set for ourselves! Thanks Washington!
On an absolute basis, things are never good enough. On a relative basis, things aren’t so bad.
On an absolute basis, a crock of $#@% never makes a tasty meal. On a relative basis, a crock of $#@% can make a very tasty meal! Just need to find the right thing to compare it against.
See? Things aren't so bad! Three whacks for Washington!
Forehead. Desk. Whack. Whack. Whack.
Troy,
ReplyDeleteIt's possible to live quite comfortably on $5,000 -- if you don't have any housing or health expenses!
Absolutely! I watched Maidentrip recently. That's the life. Girl spent two years sailing around the world on a relatively cheap boat. She had it all figured out as a teenager.
Today's tank slapper:
ReplyDeletehttps://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?graph_id=232145
Rob Dawg,
ReplyDeleteMay need to install a "damnpener" on that one. ;)
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=16tA
ReplyDeleteshows we're 5M+ short of the full-time employment trend
http://www.gallup.com/poll/181580/new-congress-slightly-higher-ratings-unpopular.aspx?utm_source=congressional approval rating&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=tiles
ReplyDeleteI keep telling myself to cheer up things could be worse.
And look on the bright side, we have the best Congress that money can buy!
For what it is worth, I'd be tempted to move the data in red down quite a bit and point out the two bubbles.
ReplyDeletemab,
ReplyDeleteThings could be worse!
For example, "they" could mark your comment as SPAM even though you've been posting here since the creation of dirt, lol. Sigh.
No worries though. I rescued it.
Instead of dwelling on how things could be worse, let's think anout how things could be butter. I am, but that's mainly because I need to lose weight.
As of Thursday, I'm on blood pressure medication. Seriously.
Thanks Washington! Probably couldn't have done it without you!
mark your comment as SPAM
ReplyDeleteFor once, perhaps "they" had it right!
since the creation of dirt
5000 years ago by some accounts. Who can say for sure?
mab,
ReplyDelete5000 +/- 4.54 billion years
It's all good once you include an error range.
5000 - 4.54 billion!
ReplyDeleteThat means we don't exist yet.
Maybe it's curved space. Or maybe it's something about the Emperor's new clothes! Or maybe something else.
Either way I'm sure the jokes on me. I just know it!
mab,
ReplyDeleteOMG! You are right!
This is not the real earth! It is simply a computer simulation! We aren't even at the prototype stage yet!
The real earth will simply be the desk toy of a chief executive officer at some intergalactic transportation company. And, for egotistical reasons, man will have been created in his image!
Some things never change.