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Seems like the talk about layoffs is really cranking up lately. Hopefully its just talk. America cannot afford to lose more jobs. There are so many programs to pay for and I maybe a simple thinker but working people pay the bills or has that changed? We need more workers to pay for the next four years of spending or am I missing the Santa conversation? Even Santa needed a lot of helpers.....Elves! No more layoff talk, please.....
Unfortunately, there is more lay off talk to come. obama will usher in a full blown depression before he's out of office. Of course he'll just blame Bush.
All you can do is try and protect yourself. I'm cutting spending, increasing contributions to my 401K (to reduce my taxes) and putting my assets into securities like gold, silver and foriegn bonds. All we can do is batton down the hatches and hang on for the ride. It's going to be bad. VERY BAD.
I did see where Rush said "My brain tells me that we're going to win big on Tuesday, and if I don't know what I'm talking about, why are people listening to me"
He screwed up on this one, for sure, but what about him calling Obama, Santa Claus? Is he wrong about that, too?
Sorry ~ you lost most of us at RUSH. That pretty much tells us all what we need to know.
You did just what leaners tend to do when you say you stopped reading at Rush. Ok, I am calling Obama Santa Claus these days and still you don't discuss that and why we would do such a nasty thing. You do know that most people love old Santa Claus because his presents don't cost the donee anything other than a vote now and then, I hope.
I did see where Rush said "My brain tells me that we're going to win big on Tuesday, and if I don't know what I'm talking about, why are people listening to me"
Rush's problem was he thought the rest of America was voting with their brains too.
Me too, I'm done caring what happens to these idiots any more. I wanted Romeny to win, not for political reasons, but because I knew how bad things would get if Obama had another four years.
I forgave them in 2004, figured they were just misguided, because he was an unknown quantity and they fell for the hype. Now they reelected Obama knowing what he was, and what his policies have done to us, they are welcome to the suffering they voted for.
I'm fresh out of sympathy for people who reelect the very man whose policies over three and a half years put 15 million of them into poverty. It takes a special kind of stupid to feed the hand that bites you.
Well said: "It takes a special kind of stupid to feed the hand that bites you."
Seems like the talk about layoffs is really cranking up lately. Hopefully its just talk. America cannot afford to lose more jobs. There are so many programs to pay for and I maybe a simple thinker but working people pay the bills or has that changed? We need more workers to pay for the next four years of spending or am I missing the Santa conversation? Even Santa needed a lot of helpers.....Elves! No more layoff talk, please.....
Well, it is not just talk at all. There are lots of layoffs that have been announced and some businesses closing their door, not to mention the doctors that are now refusing to take Medicare or Medicaid patients. You ain't seen anything yet.
I wouldn't underestimate "self-fulfilling prophesy" and certainly not fear; stock market is well known for being irrational and the losses last couple days are probably transient. Might as well buy stocks - they'll be going up again soon.
As for coal layoffs...wouldn't have mattered who won. Electric prices here in Pittsburgh - near the heart of coal country - are dirt cheap because of the boom in marcellus shale gas. Natural gas is taking market share from coal, and obviously coal guys don't like that but is is easier to blame politicians I guess. Who cares about facts and reality when it is so much more fun to rant and rave about Democrats, right?
We'll see what happen in Congress during the next several weeks to resolve revenue collection and spending issues. It's amazing how recalcitrant certain Republicans have become; it almost borders on sabotage and like they are believing in their own scaremongering, which is a dangerous thing.
I love all these sour grapes threads..Don't you all realize the tricks failed badly? Nobody cares what you righties have to say. You lost.
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Unfortunately, there is more lay off talk to come. obama will usher in a full blown depression before he's out of office. Of course he'll just blame Bush. 
