I live in the USA and I am concerned about the future. I created this blog to share my thoughts on the economy and anything else that might catch my attention.
All these last-30-year trends you're putting forth can be attributed to a single person. We're currently celebrating the centennial of his birth. He (his string-pullers really) made sure this country won't last another 100 years.
Naftanomics is Reaganomics with a Mexican accent. Though proponents argue otherwise, it is almost certain that Nafta, if ratified, will tend to depress U.S. wage, benefit and consumer-safety levels toward those of Mexico. Many well-paid U.S. breadwinners in the Rust Belt and Sun Belt will lose their jobs to poorly paid Mexicans in shantytowns. Nor will most displaced U.S. workers move from sunset to sunrise industries. If the 1980's are a precedent, they will go to work in low-paying service jobs at a fraction of their former salaries.
"Many well-paid U.S. breadwinners in the Rust Belt and Sun Belt will lose their jobs...they will go to work in low-paying service jobs at a fraction of their former salaries."
>>Poor inner cities in the Midwest and north-east still have higher overall poverty rates, but in recent years, notes Elizabeth Kneebone of the Brookings Institution, a think-tank, poverty has grown fastest in the suburbs, especially in the sunbelt. A third of America’s poor, she notes, now live in suburban areas. Many cities in the sunbelt, adds Margaret Simms of the Urban Institute, are suffering from what it calls “double trouble”, meaning a plunge both in property values and employment, with concomitant jumps in poverty. This trend is significant, says Scott Allard of the University of Chicago, since it is harder for the poor to seek assistance and to hunt for jobs amid the suburban sprawl.<<
You can blame it on Reagan if you want, but he was just a puppet of banksters, like all that followed--they are just spreading their joy to the rest of the world now--see Egypt, Tunsia, etc.
I think there is a graph somewhere that show the EXPLOSION of the finance sector from 1980 something to now. I guess we export crap bonds and mortgages, but it works!
Mark, gotta see my Dune tie in for The Bernank tonight!
verification word is: lisamiem dont they know I imbibe on Thursday night???
All these last-30-year trends you're
ReplyDeleteputting forth can be attributed to
a single person. We're currently
celebrating the centennial of his
birth. He (his string-pullers really)
made sure this country won't last
another 100 years.
In Hell's Kitchen,
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Reaganomics, With a Mexican Accent
Naftanomics is Reaganomics with a Mexican accent. Though proponents argue otherwise, it is almost certain that Nafta, if ratified, will tend to depress U.S. wage, benefit and consumer-safety levels toward those of Mexico. Many well-paid U.S. breadwinners in the Rust Belt and Sun Belt will lose their jobs to poorly paid Mexicans in shantytowns. Nor will most displaced U.S. workers move from sunset to sunrise industries. If the 1980's are a precedent, they will go to work in low-paying service jobs at a fraction of their former salaries.
"Many well-paid U.S. breadwinners in the Rust Belt and Sun Belt will lose their jobs...they will go to work in low-paying service jobs at a fraction of their former salaries."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.financialarmageddon.com/2011/01/statistics-worthy-of-detroit-or-newark.html
Well its beyond tht now--
>>Poor inner cities in the Midwest and north-east still have higher overall poverty rates, but in recent years, notes Elizabeth Kneebone of the Brookings Institution, a think-tank, poverty has grown fastest in the suburbs, especially in the sunbelt. A third of America’s poor, she notes, now live in suburban areas. Many cities in the sunbelt, adds Margaret Simms of the Urban Institute, are suffering from what it calls “double trouble”, meaning a plunge both in property values and employment, with concomitant jumps in poverty. This trend is significant, says Scott Allard of the University of Chicago, since it is harder for the poor to seek assistance and to hunt for jobs amid the suburban sprawl.<<
You can blame it on Reagan if you want, but he was just a puppet of banksters, like all that followed--they are just spreading their joy to the rest of the world now--see Egypt, Tunsia, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pah7SJxDE
ReplyDeleteCan you spot Reagan here--along with the others.
Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteCan you spot Reagan here--along with the others.
I can, lol. Sigh.
I think there is a graph somewhere that show the EXPLOSION of the finance sector from 1980 something to now. I guess we export crap bonds and mortgages, but it works!
ReplyDeleteMark, gotta see my Dune tie in for The Bernank tonight!
verification word is:
lisamiem
dont they know I imbibe on Thursday night???
GYSC,
ReplyDeleteJust don't make me spell Kwisatz Haderach!
I had to copy and paste it from your site to even stand a chance, lol.