"We interrupt the regularly scheduled blog nonsense for this minimally important political message"
Today, President Bush said in a speech that "I don't think we're headed to recession. But no question, we're in a slowdown."
Quite frankly, this makes me angry. I've had my small business for
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over a year now, worked with other online sellers for another 2 years before that - and been in the workforce in general since 2000. The economy is in rough shape. People are decreasing their spending habits - browsing plenty still, but that looking is not converting to buying at the same rate. My costs for everything are going up - not just jewelry supplies, but food, gas, electric. Inflation is definitely rearing its ugly head, and frankly it's having an impact on my bank account.To have our President say that this is a mere "slowdown" is insulting. Try buying your own groceries, sir. Or running a small business, where every dollar more you spend on gas, every extra $0.02 postage you are charged, all of it eats into your profits, and makes you wonder at what point you just need to stop doing business.
Does President Bush think he's doing anyone a favor by soft-pedalling the problem? Seriously?
Ok, message over. Go ahead and flame me.
5 comments:
Wow, guess nobody's touching this!
whether one supports Bush or not... it is easy to see that cost of living is going up and it does hurt!
Well said little lovables...this has nothing to do with politics. It's just reality - and my desire to have politicians be truthful about it. Don't sugarcoat - we all know what's going on!
Oh, it's a major problem alright. You, as a small business owner (and me too) know this. But all of America will struggle with this. Fortunately our financial picture doesn't determine our ultimate end. We will surmount these difficulties. We have to.
Well said, and I very much agree!
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Janell
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